Friendship Union American Methodist Episcopal Church

Friendship Union American Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 624 East 8th Street in Chester, PA 19013. It is one of 108 churches in Chester, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.

624 East 8th Street, Chester, PA, 19013

Friendship Union American Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Friendship Union American Methodist Episcopal 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 46.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.5% (22.5–44.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
  • Diabetes: 18.5%
  • Unemployment: 14.5% (4.6–24.5%)
  • Child Poverty: 34.4% (20.6–48.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Chester city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 384 residents.

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