Martin Memorial Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Martin Memorial Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 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: 95.4%
• Obesity: 53.1%
• Poverty Rate: 46.9% (30.8–63.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.4%
• Diabetes: 30.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.5% (11.8–33.2%)
• Unemployment: 20.3% (6.3–34.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.5%
• Depression: 24.2%

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 Martin Memorial Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

• Second Chance Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
• South Parkway Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Bloomfield Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Open Door Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Warren United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Firelight Spiritual Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Jerusalem M.B. Church — 0.3 mi away