Big Bethel AME Church
Big Bethel AME Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 220 Auburn Avenue Northeast in Atlanta, GA 30303. It is one of 926 churches in Atlanta, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal congregations in the city.
Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church traces its roots back to 1847, with a group of enslaved persons who were part of “Union Church,” the very first congregation formed in Atlanta.
220 Auburn Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA, 30303Website: http://www.bigbethelame.org/
Big Bethel AME Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Big Bethel AME Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 49.3%
- Poverty Rate: 30.6% (19.5–41.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 28.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6% (10.6–18.0%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (4.8–18.6%)
- Unemployment: 6.5% (1.3–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Atlanta city is served by 310 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Big Bethel AME Church
- Butler Street Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Place of Change Church — 0.2 mi away
- BCM at Georgia State — 0.2 mi away
- Wheat Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Josephs — 0.3 mi away
- National Divine Spiritual Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mlk Historical Site Ebeneezer ,Church — 0.4 mi away