Greater Allen Chapel AME Church
Greater Allen Chapel AME Church is a African Methodist Episcopal church at 269 Pursley St in Macon, GA 31201-1068. It is one of 255 churches in Macon, and one of 3 African Methodist Episcopal congregations in the city.
Our mission is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to provide hope and support to all people, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity.
269 Pursley St, Macon, GA, 31201-1068Service times
- Sunday 9am · School
Phone: +14782273173 · Website: https://www.greaterallenchapelamec.com/
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The community around Greater Allen Chapel AME 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. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 64.5%
- Obesity: 56.5%
- Food Insecurity: 53.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 46.8%
- Social Isolation: 43.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.4%
- Diabetes: 30.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 29.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.7%
- Unemployment: 19.6% (6.2–32.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (7.8–22.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Greater Allen Chapel AME Church
- Harmony Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Peter Claver Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Home Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Green Street Church — 0.4 mi away in Macon-Bibb County, GA
- Vineville United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.4 mi away in Macon-Bibb County, GA
- Fountain Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away in Macon-Bibb County, GA
- Ahava Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Aberlina Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Macon-Bibb County, GA
- Strong Tower Fellowship — 0.5 mi away