Saint Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Saint Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African Methodist Episcopal Zion church in Rock Hill, SC 29730. It is one of 214 churches in Rock Hill, and one of 3 African Methodist Episcopal Zion congregations in the city.

Rock Hill, SC, 29730

Saint Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 853 congregations of the Methodist family gather across South Carolina — 25,370 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.

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The community around Saint Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 48.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.1%
  • Diabetes: 19.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.1%
  • Unemployment: 16.8% (6.7–26.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.6% (16.5–40.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (7.0–17.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Rock Hill city is served by 63 churches — about one congregation for every 1,245 residents.

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