Austin Avenue United Methodist Church
Austin Avenue United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 1300 Austin Avenue in Waco, TX 76701. It is one of 275 churches in Waco, and one of 10 Methodist congregations in the city.
Our desire is that in all that we do, this is reflected, and Christ shines through.
Austin Avenue Methodist Church is an Independent Wesleyan Community. As an historical Methodist Church, founded in 1900, our Methodist roots run long and deep in this community. We are a church committed to discipleship in Jesus Christ, holiness, loving our community, and the worship of the Triune God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).
1300 Austin Avenue, Waco, TX, 76701Website: https://www.austinave.org/
Austin Avenue United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Austin Avenue United Methodist 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. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 53.6% (35.0–72.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 34.0% (24.0–44.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.4% (14.3–28.5%)
- Obesity: 41.0%
- Depression: 25.5%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (1.1–12.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Waco city is served by 124 churches — about one congregation for every 1,084 residents.
Churches near Austin Avenue United Methodist Church
- ACTS Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church Waco — 0.2 mi away
- Mighty Wind Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- Columbus Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Columbus Avenue Baptist Church theCenter — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Temple Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tree of Life NDC — 0.3 mi away
- Life Cathedral Worship Center COGIC — 0.3 mi away
- The Olive Branch Christian Fellowship — 0.3 mi away