KibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC
KibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC is a Ethiopian Orthodox church at 5500 S Roxbury St in Seattle, WA 98118. It is one of 545 churches in Seattle, and one of 2 Ethiopian Orthodox congregations in the city.
Our intention is to have a house of worship that is sprinkled with clean, life-giving water, and filled with warm hearts turned upward to God and to spread His word by reaching out to our families, friends, and new neighbors.
5500 S Roxbury St, Seattle, WA, 98118Phone: (206) 596-5387 · Website: https://www.kibreqidusan.org/
KibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC is part of the Oriental Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 11 congregations of the Oriental Orthodox family gather across Washington — 351 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Coptic, Ethiopian, Armenian, and Syriac churches have held the faith under pressure longer than almost anyone — Ethiopia has worshiped Christ continuously since the fourth century, and the Armenian church has buried martyrs in nearly every generation since. Their endurance is a gift to a church that has grown used to comfort.
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The community around KibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 23.4% (15.0–31.9%)
- Depression: 23.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (1.7–12.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Seattle city is served by 331 churches — about one congregation for every 2,218 residents.
Churches near KibreQidusan Medhanealem EOTC
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- To God Be The Glory — 0.2 mi away
- The Rock Christian Foundation — 0.2 mi away
- Rainier Beach Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pentecostal Covenant Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Paul Parish — 0.5 mi away
- Amazing Grace Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Debre Mihret St. Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- Ryan Way Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses;Tabernacle of Praise — 0.7 mi away in Tukwila, WA
- Medhane Alem Evangelical Church — 0.7 mi away
More Oriental Orthodox churches nearby
- Debre Mihret St. Michael Ethiopian Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- Ammanuel Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church — 5.2 mi away
- Saint Gebriel Ethiopian Church — 5.5 mi away
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