Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church in Palestine, TX 75801. It is one of 79 churches in Palestine, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Palestine, TX, 75801Website: http://mtvernoname.weebly.com/
Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.3% (13.2–27.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Child Poverty: 26.4% (9.8–43.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.3% (8.1–26.5%)
- Unemployment: 7.7% (1.3–14.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Palestine city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 414 residents.
Churches near Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church
- The Antioch Church — 0.1 mi away
- Sand Flat Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Templo Calvario Asamblea De Dios — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Philips Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity Valley Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemed Christian Church of God — 0.6 mi away