Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 2521 North Armistead Avenue in Hampton, VA 23666. It is one of 232 churches in Hampton, and one of 6 Methodist congregations in the city.
The Mission of the African Methodist Episcopal Church is to minister to the spiritual, intellectual, physical and emotional, and environmental needs of all people by spreading Christ's liberating gospel through word and deed.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is integral to the mission of the Connectional A.M.E. Church. We are a family of Christian believers who place as a priority the winning of souls to Christ and spiritual growth and development of all people through prayer, praise, worship, Christian education and service.
Serving since 1864
2521 North Armistead Avenue, Hampton, VA, 23666Service times
- Sunday 10am
Website: https://youtube.com/bethelamechurch
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 956 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Virginia — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Feeding the hungry
- Clothing and housing the homeless
- Ministering to the sick
- Youth involvement
- Diverse community ministry
- Economic development
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Latest from Bethel AME Church's YouTube channel: Tuesday inspiration 8 4 2026 (all videos).
The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Obesity: 38.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
- Food Insecurity: 19.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Hampton city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 1,024 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Connection Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hampton Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
- Lifehouse Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Bridge Church — 0.4 mi away
- Freedom Life Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cornerstone Worship Center International Assembly — 0.5 mi away
- Sharon Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Freedom Life Church Ha — 0.6 mi away
- Ivy Memorial Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
- Bethany Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
- Saint Mark's United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
- Saint Marks Methodist Church Oof Hampton — 2.5 mi away