Asbury African Methodist Episcopal Church
Asbury African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church at 1712 Providence Avenue in Chester, PA 19013. It is one of 108 churches in Chester, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
1712 Providence Avenue, Chester, PA, 19013Asbury African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Asbury African Methodist Episcopal 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. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 33.2% (20.9–45.6%)
- Unemployment: 16.6% (9.3–24.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
- Obesity: 37.5%
- Depression: 25.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chester city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 384 residents.
Churches near Asbury African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Saint Katherine Drexel Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Chester for Christ Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- JPLM Church — 0.2 mi away
- Blessed Katharine Drexel Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Graco C.O.G.I.C — 0.4 mi away
- Siloam United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- North Chester Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- True Way Church of Christ Jesus Apostolic Faith — 0.4 mi away