St. Paul AME Church
St. Paul AME Church is a Protestant church at 1130 South 16th Street in Springfield, IL 62703. It is one of 165 churches in Springfield, and one of 4 Protestant congregations in the city.
MISSION: To connect people to God, develop people into the image of God, and serve the people of God.
For 180 years, ST PAUL AME CHURCH has welcomed all individuals seeking God’s love, and kept our doors open to every soul seeking to welcome Jesus into their hearts.
Serving since 1865
1130 South 16th Street, Springfield, IL, 62703Phone: +1-217-522-4796 · Website: http://www.stpaulame.net/
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The community around St. Paul AME Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 63.6%
- Obesity: 55.4%
- Food Insecurity: 45.9%
- Poverty Rate: 41.0% (29.2–52.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.7%
- Diabetes: 23.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
- Unemployment: 17.5% (7.3–27.9%)
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Springfield city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,462 residents.
Churches near St. Paul AME Church
- Brown Street Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Prayer wheel C.O.G.I.C — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Pentecost Tabernacle Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Patrick Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Katharine Drexel St — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater All Nation Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lawrence Avenue Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away