St Matthew Ame Church
St Matthew Ame Church is a church at 1610 Murphy St in Shreveport, LA 71103-3051. It is one of 507 churches in Shreveport.
Saint Matthew has been a House of Worship and pillar in the community for over 80 years, serving the Oranges, Essex County, and broader New Jersey community.
Part of AME First Episcopal District
1610 Murphy St, Shreveport, LA, 71103-3051Phone: +13182214593 · Website: https://www.stmatthewame.org/
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The community around St Matthew Ame Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 50.8%
- Food Insecurity: 43.7%
- Poverty Rate: 39.8% (25.0–54.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.0%
- Diabetes: 26.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
- Unemployment: 16.7% (6.7–27.0%)
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
- Depression: 24.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St Matthew Ame Church
- The Kingdom Center - Shreveport/Bossier — 0.1 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Demonstration Church — 0.3 mi away
- Evergreen Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hurricane Bluff Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Union Mission Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Magnolia Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Lane Chapel CME — 0.4 mi away
- Hebrew Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Ringgold, LA
- Little Union Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away