Chelsea Avenue Church of God

The community around Chelsea Avenue Church of God

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.

• Child Poverty: 72.0% (52.5–91.5%)
• Obesity: 52.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 43.3%
• Poverty Rate: 42.4% (29.7–55.2%)
• Diabetes: 28.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.4%
• Unemployment: 16.3% (7.2–25.3%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (10.0–21.8%)
• Depression: 25.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Chelsea Avenue Church of God

• Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Church of God — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Pauls Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• St. Paul Douglass Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Greer Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Stephen Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Peace Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Upper Room Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away