Phillips Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Phillips Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of the people here live 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 84.5%
• Poverty Rate: 60.7%
• Obesity: 48.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (10.1–31.8%)
• Unemployment: 20.6% (10.9–30.3%)
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Depression: 31.6%

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

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is served by 773 churches — about one congregation for every 875 residents.

Churches near Phillips Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Harvest Outreach Ministry of Jesus Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Zomi Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away in Nashville, TN
• Saint Lukes Primitive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Claiborne Family of Faith Worship Center — 0.2 mi away in Nashville, TN
• Mount Ararat Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Green Street Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Messiah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Little Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Greater Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away