The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center

The community around The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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 nearly half 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: 50.7%
• Food Insecurity: 46.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 36.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 32.5%
• Poverty Rate: 31.8% (17.8–45.9%)
• Diabetes: 26.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (8.1–24.7%)
• Unemployment: 10.1% (2.4–17.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

St. Louis city is served by 405 churches — about one congregation for every 735 residents.

Churches near The Afrikan Village & Cultural Center

• Greg Chapel Ame Church — 0.1 mi away in St. Louis, MO
• Second New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Kossuth Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Russeth Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Zion Wheel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Louis Dream Center — 0.3 mi away
• New Christ Temple Church — 0.3 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Greater Progressive MB Church — 0.3 mi away in St Louis, MO
• Bell Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in St Louis, MO