St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith

St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith is a Apostolic church at 697 Florence Street in Camden, NJ 08104. It is one of 172 churches in Camden, and one of 2 Apostolic congregations in the city.

697 Florence Street, Camden, NJ, 08104

St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith is part of the Apostolic / Oneness Pentecostal family of churches in The American Church Story. 5 congregations of the Apostolic / Oneness Pentecostal family gather across New Jersey — 391 across the United States on The Church Map.

Apostolic churches carried Pentecostal fire into neighborhoods much of the church had already left, and they stayed. Their fervency in prayer and their seriousness about a holy life are things the wider body would be poorer without.

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The community around St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith

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 half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 52.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 47.8% (29.0–66.6%)
  • Obesity: 45.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 40.3%
  • Social Isolation: 40.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.5%
  • Diabetes: 20.2%
  • Unemployment: 15.5% (4.7–26.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
  • Child Poverty: 27.7% (11.2–44.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Camden city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 516 residents.

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