Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 2816 Elmwood Avenue in Erie, PA 16508. It is one of 205 churches in Erie, and one of 9 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
2816 Elmwood Avenue, Erie, PA, 16508Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 884 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Pennsylvania — 11,639 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.
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The community around Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church
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. About 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third 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.
- Unemployment: 8.7% (2.5–15.0%)
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Depression: 24.5%
- Child Poverty: 23.3% (7.4–39.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 18.3% (11.3–25.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Erie city is served by 103 churches — about one congregation for every 920 residents.
Churches near Elmwood Avenue Presbyterian Church
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Erie Church Of God — 0.6 mi away
- Erie Christian Assembly — 0.6 mi away
- New Vision Church — 0.7 mi away
- Community United Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Lake Erie Church — 0.7 mi away
- Superior Emmanuel Church — 0.8 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- New Hope Presbyterian Church — 1.8 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant — 1.9 mi away
- West Erie Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- Korean Presbyterian Church of Millcreek — 2.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Presbyterian Church — 2.7 mi away