Barton First Southern Methodist Church
Barton First Southern Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Memphis, TN 38115. It is one of 1,526 churches in Memphis, and one of 84 Methodist congregations in the city.
Memphis, TN, 38115Barton First Southern Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Barton First Southern Methodist 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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
- Unemployment: 13.7% (6.9–20.4%)
- Obesity: 44.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.3%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8% (10.2–25.5%)
- Depression: 24.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (11.8–32.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near Barton First Southern Methodist Church
- Memphis Korean United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Zion Taska M.B.C. — 0.2 mi away in Byhalia, MS
- Cottonwood Heights Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Memphis Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Fellowship Of The First Resurrection — 0.3 mi away
- Eastminster Church — 0.6 mi away
- My Faith — 0.7 mi away
- Parkway Village Church — 0.8 mi away
- Greater Middle Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away