Bethesda United Methodist Church
Bethesda United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 6300 Harford Road in Baltimore, MD 21214. It is one of 1,253 churches in Baltimore, and one of 84 Methodist congregations in the city.
Bethesda is a Reconciling Congregation guided by the following statement: “Believing we are called to welcome all into the communion of Christ, we will encourage and support the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in all areas of our congregation, our denomination, the larger religious fellowship and society as a whole.”
6300 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD, 21214Bethesda United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 964 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Maryland — 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.
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The community around Bethesda United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,200 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: 39.5%
- Obesity: 36.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
- Food Insecurity: 18.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (2.4–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.
Churches near Bethesda United Methodist Church
- New Hope Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- The Lord's Chosen Charismatic Revival Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- In His Presence Ministry World Wide Inc. — 0.2 mi away
- Christ and Country Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hamilton Full Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Agape Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater New St. John Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Deeper Life Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- RCCG Jesus Pavilion — 0.3 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Faith Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- Eastern United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Overlea United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Gatch Memorial United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
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