Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church
Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 206 South Burrowes Street in State College, PA 16801. It is one of 64 churches in State College, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Today, Albright-Bethune UMC exists to provide worship experiences drawing strongly on the African American tradition, and open to worshipers of diverse cultures and ethnicities.
Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church has a long, rich history that began in 1915 when an Evangelical Church with a mission to minister to college students was formed.
Serving since 1915
206 South Burrowes Street, State College, PA, 16801Website: http://www.albrightbethuneumc.org/
Shares a ministry location with Emmanuel Lutheran Church.
Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church
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. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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: 68.5%
- Depression: 33.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
State College borough is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 2,152 residents.
Churches near Albright-Bethune United Methodist Church
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- State College Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- University Baptist and Brethren Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Unity Church of Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul's United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- State College Access Church Mailing Address — 0.4 mi away
- Trailblazers Church of State College — 0.4 mi away