Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

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.

Churches near Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

• Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Mount Mariah Church — 0.2 mi away
• House of Refuge Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
• Mt Moriah RZUA Church — 0.2 mi away
• Triumph Pentecostal Church of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
• United Bibleway Temple — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Works Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Timothy Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• First Church of Our Lord Jesus — 0.3 mi away
• United House of Prayer for All — 0.3 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

• Greater Walters African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
• Walters Temple AME Zion Church — 1.5 mi away
• Noland Memorial United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Aldersgate United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away in Hampton, VA