Ebenezer AME Church
Ebenezer AME Church is a church at 32 N Academy Ave in Glenolden, PA 19036-1212. It is one of 8 churches in Glenolden.
From its origin in 1826 until 1829 members held their services in various homes. In 1829, thirty or more families of “free persons of color” procured a site on Central Avenue and erected a building for public worship.
Serving since 1826 · Part of First Episcopal District
32 N Academy Ave, Glenolden, PA, 19036-1212Phone: +16104612779 · Website: https://ebenezeramechurch.com/
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The community around Ebenezer AME 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. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 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.
- Depression: 23.9%
- Unemployment: 7.4% (2.8–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Ebenezer AME Church
- Evangel Assembly of God — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Oakeola — 0.2 mi away
- Glenolden Church — 0.4 mi away
- Glenolden First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Glenolden Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. Joseph Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away in Collingdale, PA
- St. George Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Freedom Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Collingdale — 0.8 mi away in Collingdale, PA
- Grace Reformed Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away in Collingdale, PA