Bethesda United Church of Christ
Bethesda United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 10010 Fernwood Road in Bethesda, MD 20817. It is one of 47 churches in Bethesda.
BUCC is a vibrant, progressive United Church of Christ community rooted in love, justice, and joyful worship. We celebrate diversity, welcome LGBTQ+ neighbors, and work together to make a difference — in our church and beyond.
We are a diverse and eclectic group of people at various places on our spiritual journey. We come from a wide range of countries, experiences, family structure, orientations, and backgrounds. We are adjusting to the changes that time thrusts upon us. We come together because we have found a community of support and strength, welcome and love.
Services in American Sign Language · Fully accessible
10010 Fernwood Road, Bethesda, MD, 20817Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (240) 472-8411 · Website: http://www.bethesdaucc.org/
Bethesda United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 52 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Maryland — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at Bethesda United Church of Christ
- Community Outreach
- Music Ministry
- LGBTQ+ Group
- Spirituality for All
- Seekers Book Group
- Knitting Group and Prayer Shawl Ministry
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The community around Bethesda United Church of Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here were born in another country. That is 2,200 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.
- Social Isolation: 28.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Bethesda United Church of Christ
- New Covenant Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Wildwood Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- North Bethesda United Methodist — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Blessed Tree Community Church - BTCC (좋은나무교회) — 0.9 mi away in Rockville, MD
- Glory of Zion International Church — 0.9 mi away in Rockville, MD
- Saint Marks United Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away in Rockville, MD
- Saint Jane Frances de Chantal — 1.2 mi away
- Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George — 1.2 mi away
- Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church — 1.3 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Christ Congregational Church — 5.6 mi away in Silver Spring, MD
- Pilgrim United Church of Christ — 5.8 mi away in Wheaton-Glenmont, MD
- First United Church of Christ Apostolic — 5.8 mi away in Washington, DC