Brown Chapel AME Church

The community around Brown Chapel AME Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.

• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Child Poverty: 32.3% (17.5–47.4%)
• Depression: 29.4%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (18.7–37.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Unemployment: 9.3% (0.9–17.8%)
• Obesity: 37.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (4.7–20.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Ypsilanti city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 687 residents.

Churches near Brown Chapel AME Church

• New Testament Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• RCCG Mountain of the Lord — 0.3 mi away
• New Creed Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away
• Mt Olive Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
• St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Cathedral of Deliverance — 0.4 mi away
• Metropolitan Memorial Baptist — 0.4 mi away
• St. James Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Beautiful Gate Church — 0.4 mi away
• St. John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away