Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 1408 Marshall Avenue in Newport News, VA 23607. It is one of 233 churches in Newport News, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.

1408 Marshall Avenue, Newport News, VA, 23607

Shares a ministry location with Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

  • Obesity: 52.7%
  • Child Poverty: 50.7% (32.8–68.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 34.4% (23.4–45.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 22.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
  • Unemployment: 11.0% (5.8–16.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Newport News city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 2,230 residents.

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