Bethel United Methodist Church

Bethel United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 210 West John H Gwynn Jr Avenue in Peoria, IL 61605. It is one of 236 churches in Peoria, and one of 9 Methodist congregations in the city.

210 West John H Gwynn Jr Avenue, Peoria, IL, 61605

Service times

  • Sunday 11am

Phone: (309) 676-7321 · Website: https://peoriabethel.org/

Bethel United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,033 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Illinois — 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 United Methodist Church

  • Anointing & Prayer Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Tuesday Lunch Program
  • Food Pantry

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The community around Bethel United Methodist 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 51.7%
  • Obesity: 50.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 46.2% (32.7–59.8%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.8%
  • Social Isolation: 41.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.8%
  • Diabetes: 24.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (3.8–12.5%)
  • Depression: 24.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Peoria city is served by 130 churches — about one congregation for every 773 residents.

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