Bethel African Methodist Church
Bethel African Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Des Moines, IA 50316. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 24 Methodist congregations in the city.
The global mission of the AME Church is to minister to the social, spiritual and physical development of all people.
To be God’s footprint in the communities we serve where we reach, teach, inspire and love like Christ.
Serving since 1914 · Wheelchair accessible
Des Moines, IA, 50316Service times
- Sunday 9:45am
- Wednesday 12pm
- Thursday 6:30pm · evenings
Phone: (901) 008-9834 · Website: https://bethelamedesmoines.org/
Bethel African Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 743 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Iowa — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at Bethel African Methodist Church
- Feeding Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Dance Ministry
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The community around Bethel African Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
- Obesity: 43.9%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.8%
- Child Poverty: 27.6% (10.6–44.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.6–30.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.5–20.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Church
- Union Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Apostolic Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emmanuel Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- University Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Jesus Christ Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Maple Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Asian Church of the Open Bible — 0.4 mi away
- River of Life Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Korean United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Union Park Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Easton Place United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away