Where is First Christian Church located?

First Christian Church is at 400 Market Street West, Athens, AL, 35611.

What time are services at First Christian Church?

First Christian Church meets Sunday at 8:30am; Sunday at 10:30am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Christian Church?

First Christian Church in Athens, AL is a Disciples Of Christ church.

First Christian Church

First Christian Church is a Disciples Of Christ church at 400 Market Street West in Athens, AL 35611. It is one of 146 churches in Athens.

Essentially we believe that it is up to each individual to work out their own relationship with God - and we provide a supportive community in which that can happen.

In accordance with our frontier beginnings, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) practices non-creedal worship.

400 Market Street West, Athens, AL, 35611

Service times

Sunday 8:30am
Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (256) 374-9431 · Website: https://www.athensfcc.org/

First Christian Church is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 618 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Alabama — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.

Ministries at First Christian Church

Worship and Wonder service

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The community around First Christian Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

Obesity: 41.6%
Social Isolation: 36.3%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
Food Insecurity: 21.1%
Diabetes: 15.6%
Depression: 23.5%
Poverty Rate: 19.9% (11.1–28.7%)
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (6.6–20.6%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Athens city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 693 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Limestone County Churches Involved — 0.1 mi away
Athens First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Market Street Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Timothy Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Oasis: Christ's Church at Athens — 0.5 mi away
Trinity Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away

More Restorationist churches nearby

Market Street Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
Lucas Street Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
Northside Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
East Side Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away
West Hobbs Street Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away

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