Where is First AME Church-Pasadena located?

First AME Church-Pasadena is at 1700 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91103-1837.

What time are services at First AME Church-Pasadena?

First AME Church-Pasadena meets Saturday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First AME Church-Pasadena?

First AME Church-Pasadena in Pasadena, CA is a African Methodist Episcopal church.

First AME Church-Pasadena

First AME Church-Pasadena is a African Methodist Episcopal church at 1700 N Raymond Ave in Pasadena, CA 91103-1837. It is one of 176 churches in Pasadena.

Welcome to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest Black congregation of denomination in Pasadena. Serving the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, and environmental needs of all people since 1887.

1700 N Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA, 91103-1837

Service times

Saturday 10am

Phone: +16267980503 · Website: https://www.famepasadena.org/

Ministries at First AME Church-Pasadena

Community Assistance
Legal Services
Workshops

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The community around First AME Church-Pasadena

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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

Social Isolation: 41.8%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
Food Insecurity: 28.8%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
Diabetes: 15.7%
Child Poverty: 22.6% (6.8–38.5%)
Poverty Rate: 18.5% (12.2–24.8%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%
Unemployment: 7.7% (4.1–11.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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