Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel

Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel is a African Methodist Episcopal Zion church at 916 18th Street, AL, 35020 in Bessemer, AL 35020. It is one of 167 churches in Bessemer.

Principles and Mission of Petty’s Chapel AME Zion Church

916 18th Street, AL, 35020, Bessemer, AL, 35020

Phone: (833) 383-0803 · Website: https://pettyschapelamez.org/

Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,333 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Alabama — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

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The community around Pettys African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel

Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 75.5%
  • Obesity: 49.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 45.8%
  • Social Isolation: 42.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.3% (22.2–56.5%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.8%
  • Diabetes: 25.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.5% (7.2–23.7%)
  • Unemployment: 9.5% (3.0–16.6%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%

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

Bessemer city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 425 residents.

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