Debre Selam St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Debre Selam St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a church at 5334 Old Kings Rd in Jacksonville, FL 32254-1129. It is one of 1,416 churches in Jacksonville.

5334 Old Kings Rd, Jacksonville, FL, 32254-1129

Website: http://www.jaxgabriel.org/

Debre Selam St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 22 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Florida — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.

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The community around Debre Selam St. Gabriel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
  • Diabetes: 19.5%
  • Obesity: 42.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.8% (13.3–34.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
  • Unemployment: 9.2% (4.9–13.7%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (6.9–18.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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