Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 411 South Governor Street in Iowa City, IA 52240. It is one of 75 churches in Iowa City, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
411 South Governor Street, Iowa City, IA, 52240Phone: (319) 338-7876 · Website: https://www.bethelamechurch.org/
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 742 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Iowa — 25,370 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 Episcopal Church
- Feeding the hungry
- Clothing closet
- Shelter
- Support for the fallen
- Job assistance
- Prison ministry
- Economic advancement
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The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 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. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,600 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.
- Poverty Rate: 49.8%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Food Insecurity: 25.1% (17.5–32.3%)
- Depression: 28.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.4% (11.2–19.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Iowa City city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 1,698 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Saint Raphael Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- JustChurch — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Foursquare Gospel Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Paul's Lutheran Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kirkwood Avenue Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Marys Church — 0.6 mi away
- Salvation Army Church — 0.6 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Wesley Student Center — 0.7 mi away
- Sacred Collective — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Coralville United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Coralville, IA