Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church

Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is a church at 4401 Old Branch Ave in Temple Hills, MD 20748-1806. It is one of 79 churches in Temple Hills.

Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church has been the center of Ethiopian spiritual life in the Washington area.

4401 Old Branch Ave, Temple Hills, MD, 20748-1806

Phone: +13018996090 · Website: https://dgmedhanealem.org/our-history/

Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 10 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Maryland — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.

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The community around Debre Genet Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 47.0%
Food Insecurity: 28.6%
Diabetes: 19.3%
Social Isolation: 38.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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