Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 1710 Springfield Avenue in Norfolk, VA 23523. It is one of 341 churches in Norfolk, and one of 19 Methodist congregations in the city.
1710 Springfield Avenue, Norfolk, VA, 23523Website: https://giv.li/cu8kwl
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 52.2%
- Social Isolation: 43.9%
- Food Insecurity: 41.7%
- Poverty Rate: 37.1% (22.7–51.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.1%
- Diabetes: 20.1%
- Child Poverty: 35.9% (20.5–55.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Unemployment: 9.4% (2.7–16.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Norfolk city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,346 residents.
Churches near Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Morning Star United Holy Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Temple Church of the Lord — 0.1 mi away
- Campostella Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Lebenon Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Paul Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- New Rising Sun United Holy Church — 0.6 mi away
- Smyrna Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Thomas AME Zion Church — 0.6 mi away