Tewanidoc Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Tewanidoc Ethiopian Orthodox Church is a Ethiopian Orthodox church at 804 East Center Street in Rochester, MN 55904. It is one of 120 churches in Rochester.

804 East Center Street, Rochester, MN, 55904

Tewanidoc Ethiopian Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 7 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Minnesota — 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 Tewanidoc Ethiopian Orthodox 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. About a third of the children here are growing up 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 31.9% (13.8–43.9%)
  • Obesity: 39.6%
  • Social Isolation: 30.5%
  • Depression: 25.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (12.3–27.0%)
  • Food Insecurity: 16.5%
  • Unemployment: 6.1% (1.9–10.3%)

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

Rochester city is served by 67 churches — about one congregation for every 1,550 residents.

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