First Church of God

The community around First Church of God

It takes 2.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Child Poverty: 33.3% (16.2–50.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 26.9% (18.7–35.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (8.1–16.4%)

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

Churches near First Church of God

• United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Oak Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Living Hope Family Worship Center — 0.6 mi away in Florahome, FL
• Paran Baptist Church Grandin, FL — 1.8 mi away in Palatka, FL
• Paran Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Melrose, FL
• Abilene Missionary Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Melrose, FL
• Mount Zion AME Church — 4.2 mi away in Melrose, FL
• Community Hope Church of God — 4.2 mi away in Melrose, FL
• Lake Hill Church — 5.1 mi away in Keystone Heights, FL