Bethel Ame Church
Bethel Ame Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 512 6th Street Southeast in Cedar Rapids, IA 52401. It is one of 163 churches in Cedar Rapids.
512 6th Street Southeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401Website: https://www.ame-church.com
Bethel Ame Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethel Ame Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter 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 2,100 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: 38.3%
- Poverty Rate: 27.9% (16.6–39.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.1%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (1.8–14.8%)
- Obesity: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
- Depression: 26.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Cedar Rapids city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 984 residents.
Churches near Bethel Ame Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Veritas Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Hispanic Minsitry — 0.3 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fathers House Vineyard Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Life Church - Cedar Rapids — 0.3 mi away
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away