Adams First Congregational Church

The community around Adams First Congregational Church

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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Social Isolation: 34.1%
• Depression: 27.9%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (2.0–15.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.5% (13.7–29.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
• Food Insecurity: 15.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Adams First Congregational Church

• Notre Dame Church of Adams — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Cheshire United Methodist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Saint Mary of the Assumption Church — 4.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Cheshire — 4.7 mi away
• Interfaith Church of Cosmogony — 5 mi away in North Adams, MA
• Warren Brown Zion Church — 5.1 mi away in North Adams, MA
• Northern Berkshire Christian Church — 5.2 mi away in North Adams, MA