Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church

Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Opp, AL 36467. It is one of 35 churches in Opp.

Opp, AL, 36467

Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church 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 Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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: 41.5% (23.1–59.8%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.7%
  • Diabetes: 19.5%
  • Obesity: 42.0%
  • Social Isolation: 36.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.6% (15.0–36.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
  • Depression: 24.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (6.8–21.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.5%

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

Opp city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 429 residents.

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