First African Methodist Episcopal Church
First African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Episcopal church at 526 North Hull Street in Athens-Clarke County, GA 30601. It is one of 36 churches in Athens-Clarke County.
The mission of First A.M.E. Church is to put God first in all things, lead with love in every action, and commit to discipleship that transforms lives, strengthens families, and builds communities for Christ.
First A.M.E. Church was founded in 1866 as Pierce Chapel on Foundry Street at the foot of East Hancock Avenue.
Serving since 1866
526 North Hull Street, Athens-Clarke County, GA, 30601Service times
- Sunday 10am
- Thursday 10am · beginning
- Sunday 8:45am · School -
Phone: (669) 900-6833 · Website: https://firstameathens.org/
First African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 157 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Georgia — 6,341 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
Ministries at First African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Food Bank
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Latest from First AME Athens's YouTube channel: "Church Anniversary 2PM Service" (all videos).
The community around First African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 80.0%
- Poverty Rate: 70.9%
- Social Isolation: 43.3%
- Food Insecurity: 30.8% (22.8–39.3%)
- Depression: 30.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
- Unemployment: 10.0% (0.4–20.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7% (11.2–21.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.
Churches near First African Methodist Episcopal Church
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away in Athens, GA
- St Joseph Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away in Athens, GA
- Athens First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away in Athens, GA
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Athens, GA
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away in Athens, GA
- Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Athens Vineyard Church — 0.2 mi away in Athens, GA
- Redeemer Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away in Athens, GA
- Life Church of Athens — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away in Athens, GA
More Anglican churches nearby
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away in Athens, GA
- St. Stephen Anglican Catholic Church — 2.9 mi away in Athens, GA
- Saint Gregory the Great Episcopal Church — 4.6 mi away in Athens, GA
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