Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 511 North Richard Allen Drive in Peoria, IL 61605. It is one of 228 churches in Peoria, and one of 8 Methodist congregations in the city.

511 North Richard Allen Drive, Peoria, IL, 61605

Service times

  • Sunday 8:30am
  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: +1-309-676-1348 · Website: https://www.paypal.me/wardchapelpeoria

Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.1% (25.3–48.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 37.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
  • Obesity: 43.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Diabetes: 17.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.1% (4.1–14.0%)
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (5.2–17.9%)

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

Peoria city is served by 130 churches — about one congregation for every 773 residents.

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