Bethel AME


This file appears in: African American Churches in Jeffersonville, Indiana
Bethel AME

A fixture in Jeffersonville for over 140 years, this structure has withstood two cataclysmic floods. According to the church website, the church can boast the first African American congregation in Clark County, dating to 1842. Congregants met in homes at first before building a log church and later wooden churches. The wooden structures burned prior to the construction of the current building. In the church’s early days, a circuit rider led worship.


This file appears in: African American Churches in Jeffersonville, Indiana