Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 47.1%
• Food Insecurity: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
• Diabetes: 19.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (15.2–40.5%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.4% (8.2–30.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
• Unemployment: 10.8% (2.2–19.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Mount Tabor Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• New Day Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Ararat Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Testament House of Prayer — 0.3 mi away
• Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Power Of Faith African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Christ Tabernacle Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Vernon Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away