Bethany Lutheran Church
Bethany Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 2015 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ, 07305 in Jersey City, NJ 07305. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 8 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Part of New Jersey Synod
2015 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Jersey City, NJ, 07305, Jersey City, NJ, 07305Website: https://bethanyjc.wixsite.com/bethanylutherannj
Shares a ministry location with Haitian Evangelical Church of Jesus Christ and International Christian Community Center.
Bethany Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Bethany Lutheran Church
- Food pantry
- Vacation Bible School
- Faith, Food, Fun Night
- Discipleship Groups
- Young Disciples
- New/Renewing Disciples
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The community around Bethany Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 30.5%
- Unemployment: 12.4% (4.9–19.9%)
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Poverty Rate: 27.6% (14.2–40.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Child Poverty: 28.6% (18.6–39.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.
Churches near Bethany Lutheran Church
- International Christian Community Center — 0 mi away
- Haitian Evangelical Church of Jesus Christ — 0 mi away
- Beth-El Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ For All Nations Church — 0.2 mi away
- Universal Full Gospel — 0.2 mi away
- The Sanctified Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Browne United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- House Of Prayer — 0.2 mi away