St. Seraphim Orthodox Church
St. Seraphim Orthodox Church is a Orthodox church at 3174 Carnes Avenue in Memphis, TN 38111. It is one of 1,547 churches in Memphis, and one of 3 Orthodox congregations in the city.
3174 Carnes Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38111St. Seraphim Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 28 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across Tennessee — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
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The community around St. Seraphim Orthodox 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of 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.
- Obesity: 48.7%
- Poverty Rate: 45.9% (34.3–57.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
- Diabetes: 21.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.8% (13.2–28.4%)
- Unemployment: 18.0% (7.2–28.9%)
- Depression: 28.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near St. Seraphim Orthodox Church
- Union Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Morning Star Church — 0.3 mi away
- Park Avenue Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Glory To God Love Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- The Church of Lord Jesus Christ of Apostolic Faith — 0.5 mi away
- Memphis Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Midsouth Presbytery — 0.5 mi away
- Buntyn Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Cathedral of Praise Church of Memphis — 0.5 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 2.5 mi away