St Luke AME Church

St Luke AME Church is a church at 117 E Church St in Waco, TX 76704-2607. It is one of 275 churches in Waco.

St. Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church in Waco, Tx, began as an evening Sunday School gathering in a small building in what is now Greenwood Cemetery in 1886.

117 E Church St, Waco, TX, 76704-2607

Phone: +12547520502 · Website: https://stlukeamewaco.org/history/

Ministries at St Luke AME Church

  • Church School
  • Men’s Ministry
  • Prayer Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Veterans Breakfast Club
  • Women’s Ministry
  • Worship & Arts
  • Christian Education
  • Men’s Bible Study
  • Women’s Bible Study
  • F.A.T. Tuesday
  • Faith & Culture Dialogue

Find St Luke AME Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around St Luke AME 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 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: 54.0% (36.5–71.4%)
  • Obesity: 46.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.6% (23.0–50.3%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.6% (16.1–35.0%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.4%
  • Diabetes: 21.5%
  • Depression: 23.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near St Luke AME Church

See all churches in Waco, TX · All churches in TX