Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Ministries at Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Feeding the hungry
• Clothing closet
• Housing support
• Support for the fallen
• Job assistance
• Prison ministry

The community around Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

• Unemployment: 10.1% (3.2–17.1%)
• Obesity: 36.1%
• Depression: 24.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
• Diabetes: 14.2%

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

Franklin city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 2,060 residents.

Churches near Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Fowlkes Street Church of Christ — 0 mi away
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Faith Community Church — 0.2 mi away
• Cummins Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Providence Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Liberty Temple Trinity Church — 0.3 mi away
• West Main Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Franklin Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away