Simpson United Methodist Church
Simpson United Methodist Church is a United_methodist church at 2113 Sassafras Street in Erie, PA 16502. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 11 United_methodist congregations in the city.
2113 Sassafras Street, Erie, PA, 16502Shares a ministry location with A United Methodist Community.
Simpson United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Simpson United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 88.9%
- Poverty Rate: 45.8% (33.2–58.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (3.8–20.6%)
- Obesity: 42.5%
- Diabetes: 17.4%
- Depression: 23.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.
Churches near Simpson United Methodist Church
- A United Methodist Community — 0 mi away
- Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Light of the World Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mission Celestial Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
- True Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Primera Iglesia Ebenezer Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Fuente De Salvacion — 0.4 mi away
- House Of Prayer Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away