First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 45.6%
• Poverty Rate: 41.8% (29.6–54.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
• Food Insecurity: 31.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (14.3–31.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Depression: 28.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.7%
• Diabetes: 16.4%
• Unemployment: 11.0% (5.5–16.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%

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

Jonesboro city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 815 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• Breaking Bonds Ministries — 0 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• United Fellowship of Jonesboro Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Jonesboro Arkansas — 0.1 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Compass Church — 0.2 mi away
• Twelve 5 Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Pauls African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Downtown Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away