Bethel AME Church
Bethel AME Church is a African Methodist Episcopal church at 1314 Athletic Ave in Beloit, WI 53511-6413. It is one of 63 churches in Beloit.
AFRICAN - Means that the church was organized by people of African descent and heritage. It does not mean that the church was founded in Africa or that it is for people of African descent only. It does mean that those Americans who founded it were of African descent, and we proudly recognize this fact. We welcome all who worship Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. METHODIST - Refers to the church's membership in the family of Methodist churches. Richard Allen, the founder and first bishop, felt that the form and format of Methodism would best suit the needs of the African community at that time.
1314 Athletic Ave, Beloit, WI, 53511-6413Phone: (608) 365-7947 · Website: https://bethelbeloit.weebly.com/
Bethel AME Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 303 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Wisconsin — 25,985 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.
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The community around Bethel AME Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 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: 41.2%
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Depression: 24.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.3%
- Food Insecurity: 18.6%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Bethel AME Church
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- St. Thomas — 0.4 mi away
- First Congressional Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church Of Beloit — 0.5 mi away
- Atonement Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Light of The World Church — 0.5 mi away
- Eaton Chapel — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Gridley Congregational Church — 0.7 mi away
- ICHC La Hermosa — 0.9 mi away in South Beloit, IL
More Methodist churches nearby
- Free Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away
- Rockton United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away in Rockton, IL
- Church By the Side of the Road — 4.7 mi away in Rockton, IL
- Roscoe United Methodist Church — 5.7 mi away in Roscoe, IL
- River of Life United Methodist Church Fall Festival — 8.9 mi away in Clinton, WI