Emanuel United Methodist Church
Emanuel United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Reading, PA 19601. It is one of 137 churches in Reading.
Reading, PA, 19601Emanuel United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Emanuel United Methodist 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 half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,500 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: 52.2% (33.0–71.4%)
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.2%
- Poverty Rate: 37.2% (26.5–47.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.1%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 12.8% (5.5–20.2%)
- Depression: 23.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (5.2–17.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.
Churches near Emanuel United Methodist Church
- First United Evangelical Church — 0.1 mi away
- Temple of Prayer II — 0.1 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. James Chapel COGIC — 0.2 mi away
- Reading Quaker Meeting — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Reading Friends Meetinghouse — 0.2 mi away
- City Light Ministry - The Keep — 0.2 mi away
- Charis Community Church — 0.2 mi away