Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church

The community around Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 48.8%
• Food Insecurity: 37.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.2%
• Diabetes: 21.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Child Poverty: 32.0% (17.9–47.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
• Poverty Rate: 25.4% (15.0–35.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (6.5–25.3%)
• Unemployment: 11.4% (3.6–19.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near Ward Chapel A.M.E. Church

• Good Samaritan Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Peace Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The Evangelist Temple — 0.3 mi away
• Morningstar Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Holy Deliverance Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bowers Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Christian Community Non-Denominational Church — 0.4 mi away
• Jackson Memorial Free Will Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away