Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church

Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Chester, SC 29706. It is one of 85 churches in Chester.

Chester, SC, 29706

Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 898 congregations of the Methodist family gather across South Carolina — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

Find Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

Food Insecurity: 39.5%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.1%
Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
Diabetes: 21.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
Obesity: 44.2%
Social Isolation: 38.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (11.6–25.4%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
Depression: 23.2%
Poverty Rate: 18.8% (9.8–27.8%)
Unemployment: 7.7% (0.5–14.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Chester city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 368 residents.

Churches near Brooklyn African Methodist Episcopal Church

Second Wilson Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Saint Josephs Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
Love Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Well Of Water Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
Chester ARP Church — 0.5 mi away
Temple of Praise — 0.5 mi away
Chester Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
Bethel United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

Bethel United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
Wesley Memorial United Methodist — 0.6 mi away
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.2 mi away
Browns Chapel — 6.6 mi away in Lowrys, SC
Armenia Church — 6.7 mi away

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