Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Child Poverty: 95.8%
• Poverty Rate: 62.4%
• Obesity: 55.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 49.0%
• Unemployment: 34.9% (19.8–50.1%)
• Diabetes: 31.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.0% (10.9–29.0%)
• Depression: 25.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.

Churches near Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Soul Winners Church — 0 mi away
• Saint Jude Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Starting All Over Outreach — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Olive Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Ghost Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Prospect Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Independent Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Greater New Salem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Andrews Church — 0.3 mi away