Rice’s Temple AUMP Church
Rice’s Temple AUMP Church is a Protestant church at 236 East Gay Street in West Chester, PA 19380. It is one of 54 churches in West Chester, and one of 4 Protestant congregations in the city.
Serving since 1813
236 East Gay Street, West Chester, PA, 19380Find Rice’s Temple AUMP Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Rice’s Temple AUMP 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 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 25.5%
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (14.4–26.2%)
- Unemployment: 6.1% (2.3–10.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
West Chester borough is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 1,118 residents.
Churches near Rice’s Temple AUMP Church
- Bethel AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- Highway Gospel Community Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.3 mi away
- The United Methodist Church of West Chester — 0.3 mi away
- First Church Christ Scientist — 0.3 mi away
- The Baptist Church of West Chester — 0.3 mi away
- 938 Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Holy Trinity — 0.3 mi away