Sylvan Street Presbyterian Church
Sylvan Street Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Selma, AL 36703. It is one of 155 churches in Selma, and one of 3 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Selma, AL, 36703Shares a ministry location with Gospel Tabernacle Church Selma.
Sylvan Street Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 352 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Alabama — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Sylvan Street Presbyterian 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. 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 51.3%
- Food Insecurity: 45.4%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
- Poverty Rate: 33.6% (21.9–45.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 31.8%
- Diabetes: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
- Unemployment: 11.0% (3.0–19.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (11.1–18.3%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (4.6–21.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Selma city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 367 residents.
Churches near Sylvan Street Presbyterian Church
- Gospel Tabernacle Church Selma — 0 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Little Caanan Primitive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Northern Heights Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Temple Gate SDA Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Green Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Alabama Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Cornerstone Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Covenant Presbyterian Church — 2.2 mi away
- Valley Creek Presbyterian Church — 3.5 mi away in Valley Grande, AL