Providence African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Providence African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church at 1141 Mount Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23707. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 2 African_methodist_episcopal_zion congregations in the city.
1141 Mount Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23707Website: http://providenceamez.com
Providence 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 Providence African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Obesity: 48.3%
- Social Isolation: 42.0%
- Food Insecurity: 38.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Poverty Rate: 28.1% (15.2–41.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (1.8–15.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0% (10.0–16.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.
Churches near Providence African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Mount Hermon Baptist Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Chosen Generation Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Nebo Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Matthew Church of Christ Holiness — 0.2 mi away
- One Love Restoration Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Celestial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Sinai Family Life Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Jerusalem Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- NFBCT Portsmouth — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Bethel Reformed Zion United Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away