Saint Thomas Church
Saint Thomas Church is a Lutheran church at 6361 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia, PA 19151. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 19 Lutheran congregations in the city.
6361 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19151Website: http://www.aecst.org/
Saint Thomas Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint Thomas 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. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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.
- Unemployment: 11.8% (4.0–19.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.8% (9.9–25.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.
Churches near Saint Thomas Church
- Japanese Christian Church of Philadephia — 0.1 mi away
- Overbrook Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church — 0.2 mi away
- Celestial Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Oasis of Praise Ministries Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church In Philadelphia — 0.2 mi away
- Monastery Our Lady Mercy — 0.2 mi away
- Jesus Holy Temple — 0.2 mi away
- The Word Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Haitian Church of God — 0.3 mi away