Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Sumter, SC 29150. It is one of 158 churches in Sumter.
Sumter, SC, 29150Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.9%
- Food Insecurity: 31.8%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Social Isolation: 35.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Poverty Rate: 23.6% (16.0–31.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (4.9–16.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (5.6–18.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Sumter city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Annes Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Cathedral Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Holy Comforter — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Santee Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Calvary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Triumph Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Love Covenant Church — 0.6 mi away