Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African Methodist Episcopal Zion church in Jackson, MS 39202. It is one of 479 churches in Jackson.

Jackson, MS, 39202

Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 614 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Mississippi — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

Find Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 47.4%
  • Social Isolation: 41.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.2% (21.9–40.5%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.8%
  • Diabetes: 19.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (12.8–26.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

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

Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.

Churches near Greater Blair Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

More Methodist churches nearby

See all churches in Jackson, MS · All churches in Mississippi