New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Episcopal church in Philadelphia, PA 19144. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 27 Episcopal congregations in the city.

Philadelphia, PA, 19144

New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 254 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Pennsylvania — 5,448 across the United States on The Church Map.

Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.

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The community around New Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 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. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

  • Diabetes: 18.1%
  • Unemployment: 14.6% (5.0–24.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.4% (14.5–34.3%)
  • Obesity: 39.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.

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