Payne Memorial Ame Church
Payne Memorial Ame Church is a African Methodist Episcopal church in Waterloo, IA 50703. It is one of 126 churches in Waterloo.
We are a community rooted in love, shaped by the teachings of Jesus, and committed to the work of liberation and healing.
Waterloo, IA, 50703Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10am
Phone: (319) 233-8189 · Website: http://www.paynememorialame.church/
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The community around Payne Memorial Ame Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 53.9%
- Food Insecurity: 35.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
- Unemployment: 25.6% (11.1–40.2%)
- Diabetes: 21.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
- Poverty Rate: 19.0% (10.7–27.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Waterloo city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near Payne Memorial Ame Church
- Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gospel Temple Church — 0.3 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God in Christ - Gospel Temple — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hope City Church — 0.6 mi away
- Prairie Lakes Church Waterloo Campus — 0.6 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away