Bethel AME Church

The community around Bethel AME 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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.

• Child Poverty: 82.4%
• Poverty Rate: 56.8%
• Food Insecurity: 51.4%
• Obesity: 50.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 37.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 26.8%
• Unemployment: 25.2% (9.8–40.7%)
• Diabetes: 22.8%
• Social Isolation: 39.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (5.3–21.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Schenectady city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,075 residents.

Churches near Bethel AME Church

• Christian Corner Fellowship COGIC — 0.1 mi away
• Victory House of Praise — 0.1 mi away
• Mt Olivet Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Faith Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Adalbert Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Living Word North Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• The Bridge Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Refreshing Spring Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Lifespring Ministries Upstate New York — 0.4 mi away
• Dominion Grace Church — 0.4 mi away