Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is a church at 1720 Gus Thomasson Road in Dallas, TX 75228. It is one of 1,881 churches in Dallas.
1720 Gus Thomasson Road, Dallas, TX, 75228Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Texas — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.
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The community around Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 27.0% (16.2–37.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
- Obesity: 37.7%
- Diabetes: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Dallas city is served by 1,325 churches — about one congregation for every 1,008 residents.
Churches near Medhanealem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
- Gospel Light Eritrean Baptist Church Dallas — 0.6 mi away
- First Family Church — 0.6 mi away
- Champions Life Church — 0.6 mi away
- AG Dallas — 0.6 mi away
- Shoreline City Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lochwood Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Church Hechos 2:38 — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Peter Vietnamese Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- Journey Community Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Life Community Lutheran Church Lcms — 0.8 mi away
More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- Debre Tsehai Abune Tekle Haimanot and Abune Aregawi — 4.1 mi away in Garland, TX