Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church in New Haven, CT 06511. It is one of 186 churches in New Haven, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.

New Haven, CT, 06511

Shares a ministry location with Agape Christian Center and Springs-Life-Giving Water Church.

Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Shaw Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion 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 a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.1% (25.4–44.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 34.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Obesity: 41.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.1%
  • Unemployment: 10.0% (4.3–15.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%

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

New Haven city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,428 residents.

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