Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church
Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church in Franklin, VA 23851. It is one of 63 churches in Franklin, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
Franklin, VA, 23851Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 956 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Virginia — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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The community around Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 47.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Diabetes: 22.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
- Child Poverty: 26.6% (11.9–41.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (12.4–28.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Franklin city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 682 residents.
Churches near Saint Lukes African Methodist Episcopal Church
- High Street Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Franklin Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Franklin Congregational Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Community Church-Downtown Franklin — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cool Spring Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Diamond Grove Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fruitful Church — 0.3 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- High Street Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- High Street United Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away in Courtland, VA
- Grace Memorial United Methodist Church — 7.5 mi away in Sedley, VA
- Courtland United Methodist Church — 8.1 mi away in Courtland, VA
- Windsor Christian Church — 13.7 mi away in Windsor, VA