Bethel AME Church

Service times

Sundays?Yes! Our youth group, called BB Scholars, meets twice a month on 2nd & 4th Sundays from 11:00 AM (as listed)

The community around Bethel AME Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 61.1% (41.6–80.6%)
• Obesity: 49.3%
• Depression: 36.2%
• Poverty Rate: 35.6% (25.6–45.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
• Food Insecurity: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 18.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
• Unemployment: 17.2% (10.0–24.4%)
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethel AME Church

• Memorial Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
• Life Church — 0.2 mi away
• Stephenson Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Christ Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
• Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Liberty Street Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Bethany United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Gateway Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.4 mi away