former Orchard Street Church

former Orchard Street Church is a African_methodist_episcopal church at 520 Orchard Street in Baltimore, MD 21201. It is one of 1,252 churches in Baltimore, and one of 4 African_methodist_episcopal congregations in the city.

520 Orchard Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201

Website: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/75002096.pdf

former Orchard Street Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around former Orchard Street 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 46.6%
  • Social Isolation: 42.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.6% (24.5–48.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
  • Diabetes: 19.9%
  • Unemployment: 12.5% (5.4–19.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
  • Depression: 25.6%

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

Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.

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