Chester Eastside
Chester Eastside is a Presbyterian church at 301 East 9th Street in Chester, PA 19013. It is one of 108 churches in Chester, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
CEI’s mission is to be a welcoming and inclusive community that enables individuals of all ages to achieve their goals and aspirations, promoting a peaceful co-existence in Chester through advocacy and programs for education, social services, and justice.
Chester Eastside, Inc. works to help children and families by providing access to hunger safety net programs and a safe environment for adult and youth education and exploration.
Serving since 1682
301 East 9th Street, Chester, PA, 19013Phone: (610) 872-4812 · Website: https://ceichester.org/
Chester Eastside is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 884 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Pennsylvania — 11,638 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
Ministries at Chester Eastside
- Food Ministry
- Out of School Time Program
- Community Garden
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The community around Chester Eastside
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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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: 56.9% (39.0–74.8%)
- Obesity: 46.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Poverty Rate: 35.5% (25.8–45.2%)
- Diabetes: 21.2%
- Unemployment: 19.7% (10.4–29.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Chester city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 384 residents.
Churches near Chester Eastside
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 0 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Fe Esperanza Y Amor — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Adventista Del 7mo Dia Obed Edom — 0.1 mi away
- St. John A.U.M.P. Church — 0.2 mi away
- Abundant Grace and Mercy Deliverance Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Ezekiel Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- New Light Community COGIC — 0.2 mi away
- Haven of Hope Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Highway Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Gods House of Prayer spiritual hospital — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Thomas M. Thomas Memorial Presbyterian church — 1.4 mi away
- Ridley Park Presbyterian Church — 2.5 mi away in Ridley Park, PA
- Swarthmore Presbyterian Church — 3.2 mi away in Swarthmore, PA
- Hope Presbyterian Church — 3.3 mi away in Media, PA
- Wallingford Presbyterian Church — 3.4 mi away in Wallingford, PA
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