Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Service times

• Sunday 10:30am
• Wednesday 12pm

The community around 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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,200 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.0%
• Unemployment: 19.7% (10.6–28.9%)
• Obesity: 42.3%
• Child Poverty: 34.1% (19.4–48.9%)
• Poverty Rate: 25.1% (15.4–34.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (11.0–22.5%)
• Diabetes: 15.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.

Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• The Place Church — 0.2 mi away
• St. Mary's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Mark's United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Door of Hope Church Reading — 0.4 mi away
• Iglesia Bautista Betania — 0.4 mi away
• Hope Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
• God's Worship & Praise Temple — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Margaret Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Christ Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
• Concilio Iglesia Pentecostal El Fin Se Acerca Inc. — 0.6 mi away