What denomination is First Presbyterian Church?

First Presbyterian Church in La Fayette, AL is a Presbyterian church.

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in La Fayette, AL 36862. It is one of 3 churches in La Fayette.

La Fayette, AL, 36862

First Presbyterian Church 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

It takes 4.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

Obesity: 46.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
Food Insecurity: 33.1%
Diabetes: 22.3%
Social Isolation: 37.2%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
Housing Insecurity: 22.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
Unemployment: 11.0% (2.4–19.6%)
Poverty Rate: 20.1% (13.6–26.7%)
Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (7.0–15.3%)

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

La Fayette city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 999 residents.

Churches near First Presbyterian Church

First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Lafayette, AL
LaFayette First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away in LaFayette, AL
Powell Chapel United Methodist Church, LaFayette, Alabama — 0.3 mi away in Lafayette, AL
Powells African Methodist Episcopal Chapel — 0.3 mi away
Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Lafayette, AL
New Mount Sellers Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Lafayette, AL
Lafayette Heights Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Lafayette, AL
Chosen Generation Outreach — 1.5 mi away in Lafayette, AL
Mt Zion Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Lafayette, AL

More Presbyterian churches nearby

Lebanon Presbyterian Church — 4.6 mi away in Lafayette, AL
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Auburn-Opelika Korean Church — 15.8 mi away in Opelika, AL
Trinity Presbyterian Church — 15.9 mi away in Opelika, AL
First Presbyterian Church — 17.2 mi away in Opelika, AL

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