First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer
First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer is a Presbyterian church in Bessemer, AL 35020. It is one of 167 churches in Bessemer, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Bessemer, AL, 35020Shares a ministry location with Perfecting Reconciliation Church International.
First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 352 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Alabama — 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 of Bessemer
Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 75.5%
- Obesity: 49.2%
- Food Insecurity: 45.2%
- Social Isolation: 42.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
- Poverty Rate: 35.9% (20.7–51.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
- Diabetes: 25.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (7.6–21.6%)
- Unemployment: 7.8% (2.3–13.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bessemer city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 425 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church of Bessemer
- Perfecting Reconciliation Church International — 0 mi away
- Word of Faith Global Ministries — 0.1 mi away in Pelham, AL
- First Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Bessemer — 0.1 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Metropolitan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fifteenth Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
- First Alliance Church of Bessemer — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Good Hope Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Hopewell Cumberland Presbyterian — 3.1 mi away
- Fairfield Highlands Presbyterian Church — 3.5 mi away in Midfield, AL
- Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church — 4.9 mi away in Midfield, AL
- Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church — 5.9 mi away in Pleasant Grove, AL