St. Paul AME Zion Church

St. Paul AME Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 11359 Dexter Avenue in Detroit, MI 48206. It is one of 1,590 churches in Detroit, and one of 3 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.

The mission of The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is to increase our love for God and to help meet the needs of humankind by “Loving God with all our heart, mind, and soul, and our neighbor as ourselves.

11359 Dexter Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48206

St. Paul AME Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around St. Paul AME Zion Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 57.5%
  • Obesity: 49.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 47.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.8% (23.5–58.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.3%
  • Diabetes: 23.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
  • Unemployment: 8.9% (0.2–18.0%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (4.3–24.1%)

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

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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