Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 458-0949184 Kelley Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802 in Harrisonburg, VA 22802. It is one of 82 churches in Harrisonburg, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Serving the Community with C.A.R.E. Compassion-Acceptance-Reconciliation-Empowerment
Bethel AME Church, Harrisonburg, VA, is a historic church in the heart of Harrisonburg since 1856.
458-0949184 Kelley Street, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802, Harrisonburg, VA, 22802Website: https://bethelameharrisonb.wixsite.com/website
Bethel 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 36.3%
- Child Poverty: 34.0% (17.5–50.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Depression: 25.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
- Poverty Rate: 21.6% (14.4–28.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Harrisonburg city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,362 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Pentecostal Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
- Breaking Chains Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Gay Street Mission Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
- John Wesley Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Broad Street Mennonite Church — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Mennonite Church — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.4 mi away