Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church in Roanoke, VA 24016. It is one of 315 churches in Roanoke, and one of 18 Methodist congregations in the city.
Roanoke, VA, 24016Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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: 46.5%
- Poverty Rate: 33.3% (19.4–47.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.9%
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
- Depression: 23.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (2.4–13.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Roanoke city is served by 141 churches — about one congregation for every 703 residents.
Churches near Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church
- Ironside Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Basilica of St. Andrew — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hill Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Elevation Church — 0.3 mi away