Wesley Chapel AME Church
Wesley Chapel AME Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 2209 Emancipation Avenue in Houston, TX 77003. It is one of 3,187 churches in Houston, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal congregations in the city.
2209 Emancipation Avenue, Houston, TX, 77003Website: https://wearewesley.org/
Wesley Chapel AME Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Wesley Chapel AME Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 28.3% (17.4–39.2%)
- Unemployment: 10.2% (4.5–15.9%)
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (5.8–21.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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- Fresh Start Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fourth Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity East United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Third Ward Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Williams Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away