Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church
Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 768 Ferry Avenue in Camden, NJ 08104. It is one of 172 churches in Camden, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Since 1888, Ferry Avenue UMC has been an integral part of the Centerville neighborhood, welcoming all to worship, serve, work and play alongside us.
768 Ferry Avenue, Camden, NJ, 08104Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 515 congregations of the Methodist family gather across New Jersey — 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.
Ministries at Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church
- Volunteerism and Support
- Youth Programs
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The community around Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.
- Food Insecurity: 58.2%
- Obesity: 47.8%
- Poverty Rate: 46.5% (28.0–65.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 44.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 29.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 27.1%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Unemployment: 20.1% (7.2–33.1%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Child Poverty: 27.7% (11.2–44.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Camden city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 516 residents.
Churches near Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church
- The Sanctuary Church of the Abiding Presence — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olivet Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tenth Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith — 0.3 mi away
- Harris Temple A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
- Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Bethel AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- Harris Temple A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Hope AME — 1 mi away
- Parkside United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- New Wesley AME Zion Church — 1.1 mi away