Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 401 East Park Street in Champaign, IL 61820. It is one of 96 churches in Champaign, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
BETHEL AME CHURCH SEEKS A SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT EMPOWERS ITS CONGREGATION TO USE THE TOTALITY OF THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES AND GIFTS IN ORDER TO UNITE AND DEVELOP FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONESELF AND COMMUNITY FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
Serving since 1863
401 East Park Street, Champaign, IL, 61820Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: +1 217 3560323 · Website: https://www.bethelamechampaign.org/
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Sunday School
- Women’s Ministry
- Men’s Bible Study
- Helping Hand Club
- Fleur de Lis Club
- Luana Riley Women’s Missionary Society
- Usher Board
- Willing Workers Club Men’s Club
- Adult, Youth, & Young Adult Choirs
- Biblical Arts Players
- Benevolent Committee
- YPD (Young People’s Division)
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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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 67.9% (48.1–87.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 55.4%
- Social Isolation: 42.8%
- Food Insecurity: 30.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Champaign city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 1,849 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Salem Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Park Avenue Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Mary Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- University Place Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Holy Temple Church — 0.4 mi away in Urbana, IL
- Sheriff's Temple AOH Church — 0.4 mi away
- GHTC Fellowship Hall — 0.4 mi away in Urbana, IL
- The Grove Church Champaign-Urbana — 0.4 mi away
- Anchor Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grove Street Church of God — 0.4 mi away