Wayman Chapel AME Church

The community around Wayman Chapel AME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 88.8%
• Poverty Rate: 37.3% (26.6–48.0%)
• Obesity: 40.9%
• Depression: 29.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 16.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Wayman Chapel AME Church

• God's Temple Church - Barbourville — 0.2 mi away
• Faith Tabernacle Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
• St Paul Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• East Barbourville Baptist — 0.5 mi away
• Parkway Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Christian Life Fellowship — 1.4 mi away
• First Christian Church — 1.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Apple Grove Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away