Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church
Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church is a African Methodist Episcopal church at 1103 S Caledonia Rd in Laurinburg, NC 28352-4828. It is one of 74 churches in Laurinburg, and one of 3 African Methodist Episcopal congregations in the city.
At Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church, our mission is rooted in T.R.U.S.T. We are committed to Teaching the truth of Scripture with clarity and love, helping every person grow in faith and understanding through Bible therapy. We Reach our community and the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, boldly
Founded in 1876, Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church has stood as a steadfast beacon of faith, hope, and community in Laurinburg, North Carolina.
Serving since 1876
1103 S Caledonia Rd, Laurinburg, NC, 28352-4828Service times
- Sunday 10am · Worship
Phone: (910) 276-2923 · Website: https://franklinchapel.org/
Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,375 congregations of the Methodist family gather across North Carolina — 25,985 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.
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Upcoming events at Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church
- Wed, Oct 7 · 7 PM: One Night Revival 2026 — Franklin Chapel AME Zion, 1103 S Caledonia Road, Laurinburg, NC, 28352, United States
- Sun, Oct 11 · 10 AM: Homecoming 150 years: Legacy — Franklin Chapel AME Zion, 1103 S Caledonia Road, Laurinburg, NC, 28352, United States
From Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church's public calendar (https://franklinchapel.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Franklin Chapel AME Zion 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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: 55.9%
- Obesity: 46.8%
- Poverty Rate: 36.7%
- Food Insecurity: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
- Diabetes: 19.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
- Unemployment: 11.6% (7.4–15.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
- Depression: 25.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.8–16.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church
- STAR of Bethlehem M. B. Church - Laurinburg NC — 0.1 mi away
- New Light — 0.2 mi away
- St James Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wilson Chapel Holy Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bright Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Zion Campbell AME Church — 0.9 mi away
- Galilee United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saint Luke United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
- Allen Chapel — 3.3 mi away
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