Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church in Pittsburgh, PA 15219. It is one of 575 churches in Pittsburgh, and one of 26 Methodist congregations in the city.
Following Christ means actively pursuing justice, equality, and dignity for all people as we work to transform our community.
Bethel A.M.E. Church is the first African Methodist Episcopal Church west of the Allegheny Mountains and the oldest African American congregation in the City of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, PA, 15219Website: https://www.bethelpittsburgh.org/
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Food Pantry
- Social Justice Ministry
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The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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 half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 50.9% (34.8–67.6%)
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Poverty Rate: 45.2% (31.9–58.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
- Diabetes: 22.9%
- Unemployment: 19.4% (7.4–31.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Pittsburgh city is served by 278 churches — about one congregation for every 1,092 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Benedict the Moor Convent — 0.2 mi away
- Good Samaritan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- John Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesley Center African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Tabernacle Church — 0.3 mi away
- Warren United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Webster Ave Christian & Missionary Alliance — 0.3 mi away
- Hillcrest Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away