Bethlehem United Church of Christ
Bethlehem United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 423 South Fourth Avenue in Ann Arbor, MI 48104. It is one of 117 churches in Ann Arbor.
Our mission at Bethlehem is to worship God, to learn and live the Word of God, to engage in Christian fellowship and service, and to invite others to join us on our faith journey in the ministry of Jesus Christ.
Bethlehem United Church of Christ is a vibrant, open and affirming church that has served the community of downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan for nearly 185 years.
423 South Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (734) 665-6149 · Website: http://www.bethlehem-ucc.org/
Shares a ministry location with Solid Rock City Church.
Bethlehem United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 99 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Michigan — 2,928 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 Bethlehem United Church of Christ
- Children's Education Program
- Youth Ministry
- Fellowship Gatherings
- Music Program
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The community around Bethlehem United Church of Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 60.3%
- Social Isolation: 40.7%
- Depression: 35.2%
- Food Insecurity: 27.3% (20.0–35.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.7% (11.6–19.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (1.4–12.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Ann Arbor city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 2,361 residents.
Churches near Bethlehem United Church of Christ
- Solid Rock City Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Mary's Student Parish — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church of Ann arbor — 0.3 mi away
- Redeemer Ann Arbor — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor — 0.4 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Canterbury House — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- First Congregational Church of Ann arbor — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepard — 2.3 mi away
- Unite Community Church — 7 mi away in Saline, MI
- Webster United Church of Christ — 7 mi away in Dexter, MI
- St Paul United Church of Christ — 7.9 mi away in Saline, MI
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