Rush Temple AME Zion Church
Rush Temple AME Zion Church is a African Methodist Episcopal church at 119-48 Sutphin Blvd in New York, NY 11434. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 11 African Methodist Episcopal congregations in the city.
The mission of the hospitality ministry is to provide a welcoming environment of love, acceptance, comfort, support, care, and unity for visitors, members, guests, and friends in order to enhance their worship experience, encourage fellowship, and help build a community of believers.
Through a collaborative effort among the children's church instructors we will create and maintain a pleasant, learning environment for children ages 3-12 to build Christian principles and set the foundation for a lifelong relationship with the Christ and the church.
119-48 Sutphin Blvd, New York, NY, 11434Service times
- Sunday 12:30pm
Phone: +17185295719 · Website: https://www.rushtemple.org/
Ministries at Rush Temple AME Zion Church
- Children's Church
- Sick & Shut In Ministry
- After School Program
- Adult Sunday School
- Women’s Home & Overseas Missionary Society
- YAMS
- Buds of Promise
- Excelsior Club
- Hospitality Ministry
- Usher Boards
- Widow & Widowers Ministry
- North & South Carolina Ministries
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The community around Rush Temple AME Zion 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 a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,400 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.
- Social Isolation: 43.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.7%
- Food Insecurity: 32.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
- Unemployment: 14.6% (4.8–24.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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