First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. It is one of 246 churches in Tuscaloosa, and one of 7 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Tuscaloosa, AL, 35401First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 367 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Alabama — 11,638 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 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 30.2% (20.3–40.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 29.0%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Depression: 26.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (1.2–12.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Tuscaloosa city is served by 142 churches — about one congregation for every 688 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa — 0.2 mi away
- First African Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bailey Tabernacle CME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Safe Haven Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hunters African Methodist Episcopal Zion Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- The Written Word Church of God — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Bailey Tabernacle CME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 2.1 mi away
- Grace Presbyterian Church — 2.1 mi away
- Riverwood Presbyterian Church — 2.9 mi away
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