First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 130 East 5th Street in Sheffield, AL 35660. It is one of 43 churches in Sheffield, and one of 3 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
130 East 5th Street, Sheffield, AL, 35660First 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
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 26.2%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
- Poverty Rate: 24.8% (15.8–33.7%)
- Diabetes: 17.2%
- Child Poverty: 29.0% (11.2–46.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Depression: 25.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sheffield city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 274 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Providence Gospel Church — 0 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Gathering — 0.1 mi away
- Columbia Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sheffield Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Annapolis Avenue Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Columbia Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Park Terrace Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 2.1 mi away in Tuscumbia, AL
- First Presbyterian Church — 3 mi away in Florence, AL
- Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America — 3 mi away in Florence, AL