Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church
Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 701 Southwest Topeka Boulevard in Topeka, KS 66603. It is one of 253 churches in Topeka, and one of 14 Methodist congregations in the city.
Rev. Hall mission is to minister to all people by spreading the liberated gospel of Christ Jesus through word and deed.
St. John has been named a City, State and National Historic Place for its longevity of service to the community and Christ.
Serving since 1868
701 Southwest Topeka Boulevard, Topeka, KS, 66603Service times
- Wednesday 5pm · - Trustee Board
Phone: +1 785 233 3656 · Website: http://www.stjohnametopeka.org/
Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 349 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Kansas — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Prayer Ministry
- Health Ministry
- Men's Ensemble
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The community around Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 45.7%
- Child Poverty: 40.4% (23.2–57.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 28.3%
- Social Isolation: 34.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Poverty Rate: 24.2% (15.3–33.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (9.4–23.7%)
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Depression: 24.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Topeka city is served by 131 churches — about one congregation for every 923 residents.
Churches near Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Topeka First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Inward Faith Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Harvest Family Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Assumption Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethany Place — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wonderful Works Deliverance Center COGIC — 0.4 mi away
- Compass Church - Topeka, Kansas — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Topeka First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Asbury Mount Olive United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
- Greater Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Saint Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.2 mi away