Bethel AME Church
Bethel AME Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 816 West Laurel Boulevard in Pottsville, PA 17901. It is one of 22 churches in Pottsville.
Serving since 1816
816 West Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA, 17901Website: http://www.bethelame.org/
Bethel AME Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Bethel AME Church
- Youth and Family Ministry
- Wellness Initiatives
- Grassroots Advocacy
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The community around Bethel AME Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Depression: 27.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
- Poverty Rate: 24.5% (14.5–34.5%)
- Child Poverty: 25.8% (11.0–40.6%)
- Diabetes: 13.4%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (3.1–12.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Pottsville city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 787 residents.
Churches near Bethel AME Church
- Saint Ann's Cathedral Palestinian Orthodox — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saved By Grace Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
- Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away