Bethany United Church of Christ
Bethany United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church in Gwynn Oak, MD 21207. It is one of 33 churches in Gwynn Oak.
Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish
Gwynn Oak, MD, 21207Website: http://www.ucc.org
Bethany 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.
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Upcoming events at Bethany United Church of Christ
- Thu, Aug 6 · 3:30 PM: Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church — Zoom
- Tue, Aug 11 · 4 PM: Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 12 · 1 PM: Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything? — Zoom
- Thu, Aug 13 · 3:30 PM: Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 19 · 3 PM: Money, Ministry, and Meaning: Financial Wellness as an Act of Pastoral Self-care — Zoom
From Bethany United Church of Christ's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Bethany United Church of Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Food Insecurity: 24.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
- Diabetes: 16.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.4–12.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Bethany United Church of Christ
- New Vision 4 Life Church — 0.1 mi away
- Woodlawn Gospel Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- New Rehoboth Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- St Luke's United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Covenant Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- St Phillips Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Charity Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lorraine Park Church — 0.5 mi away
- Maximum Life Church Baltimore — 0.5 mi away
- Soteria Church — 0.5 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Park Community United Church of Christ — 2.1 mi away in Baltimore, MD
- Heritage United Church of Christ — 3.2 mi away in Baltimore, MD
- Immanuel United Church of Christ — 3.5 mi away in Catonsville, MD
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