First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is a African_methodist_episcopal_zion church in Bluefield, WV 24701. It is one of 67 churches in Bluefield.
Bluefield, WV, 24701Shares a ministry location with First A.M.E. Zion Church.
First 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 First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 45.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
- Food Insecurity: 26.5%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Depression: 31.4%
- Poverty Rate: 26.6% (15.5–37.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
- Unemployment: 7.5% (1.1–14.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bluefield city is served by 40 churches — about one congregation for every 167 residents.
Churches near First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- First A.M.E. Zion Church — 0 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- North Side United Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Refuge Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Edwards Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Spoken Word Temple — 0.2 mi away
- First Prebyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Mt Zion Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away