Debre Genet Kidus Amannuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Debre Genet Kidus Amannuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a church at 6825 Greenway Avenue in Philadelphia, PA 19142. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia.

6825 Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19142

Website: http://ethiopianorthodoxchurchphilly.org/

Debre Genet Kidus Amannuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 16 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Pennsylvania — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.

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The community around Debre Genet Kidus Amannuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 46.8% (29.3–64.4%)
  • Poverty Rate: 38.6% (26.5–50.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
  • Unemployment: 21.1% (11.7–30.5%)
  • Diabetes: 19.6%
  • Obesity: 42.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (6.1–19.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.

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