Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 1300 Centre Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.
At Little Rock A.M.E Zion Church, we aren’t just a congregation; we are a family dedicated to doing life together in the spirit of Christ.
Serving since 1796
1300 Centre Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704Website: https://littlerockamezion.org/
Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Bread of Life
- Counseling
- Evangelism
- Heaven's Storehouse
- Substance Abuse
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The community around Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion 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 half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.
- Obesity: 46.6%
- Social Isolation: 41.4%
- Food Insecurity: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 20.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
- Unemployment: 17.3% (4.3–30.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
- Poverty Rate: 22.7% (11.5–34.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (3.4–20.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.
Churches near Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- First Baptist Church of South Portsmouth — 0.1 mi away
- New Saint Thomas Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Prince of Peace Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Christ Holiness — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.2 mi away
- Centennial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Mount Portsmouth — 0.4 mi away
- The Village Church of Portsmouth — 0.4 mi away
- New Restoration Kingdom Church — 0.4 mi away