First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a Nazarene church at 102 Fairground Road in Florence, AL 35630. It is one of 211 churches in Florence.
102 Fairground Road, Florence, AL, 35630First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 100 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Alabama — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around First Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Child Poverty: 32.4% (17.9–48.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (8.7–21.8%)
- Obesity: 39.0%
- Depression: 24.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (11.9–27.2%)
- Diabetes: 14.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Florence city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 481 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
- Creekside Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Cross Point Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Revival Center COGIC — 0.7 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Living Water Shoals Free Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Christ Chapel — 0.9 mi away
- Shoals Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Forest Hills Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- Helton Drive Church of Christ — 1 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Northside Church of the Nazarene — 1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 2.4 mi away
- Salvation Army Church — 2.7 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene (Annex) — 4.9 mi away in Sheffield, AL
- First Church of the Nazarene — 4.9 mi away in Sheffield, AL