First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 826 North Liberty Street in Shamokin, PA 17872. It is one of 23 churches in Shamokin.
826 North Liberty Street, Shamokin, PA, 17872First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 877 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Pennsylvania — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
- Obesity: 42.6%
- Depression: 29.1%
- Poverty Rate: 25.9% (14.9–36.9%)
- Diabetes: 15.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Shamokin city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 493 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Shamokin Mission Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St John's United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mother Cabrini Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Evangelical Congregational Church — 0.4 mi away
- Seventh Street Primitive Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Elysburg Presbyterian Church — 4.5 mi away in Elysburg, PA
- Zion's Reformed United Church of Christ — 10.3 mi away in Ashland, PA
- Mountain Church — 10.8 mi away in Lower Augusta Township, PA
- Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian Church — 11.6 mi away in Danville, PA
- Mahoning Presbyterian Church — 12 mi away in Danville, PA
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