First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 1705 17th St in Bakersfield, CA 93301-4302. It is one of 434 churches in Bakersfield, and one of 6 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Inviting people into meaningful life through knowing Christ, loving one another, and blessing the world.
1705 17th St, Bakersfield, CA, 93301-4302Service times
- Sunday 8:30am · Worship
Phone: +16613259419 · Website: http://fpbchurch.com/
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 762 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across California — 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.
Ministries at First Presbyterian Church
- Food pantry
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Upcoming events at First Presbyterian Church
- Thu, Aug 6 · 8:30 AM: Food Pantry Distribution — Truxtun Conf Room 1, 1705 17th Street, Bakersfield, Ca 93301
- Sun, Aug 9 · 8:30 AM: Traditional Online Service — First Presbyterian Church
- Sun, Aug 9 · 8:30 AM: Traditional Worship Service — Sanctuary, 1705 17th Street, Bakersfield, Ca 93301
- Sun, Aug 9 · 11 AM: Contemporary Online Service — First Presbyterian Church
- Sun, Aug 9 · 11 AM: Contemporary Worship Service — Sanctuary, 1705 17th Street, Bakersfield, Ca 93301
From First Presbyterian Church's public calendar (http://fpbchurch.com/). Times are the church's local time.
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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 32.2% (21.0–43.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Child Poverty: 35.3% (19.3–51.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
- Diabetes: 15.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (3.2–16.0%)
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Depression: 24.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Wholeness Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Resurrection Church — 0.1 mi away
- Unity Center of Bakersfield — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- West Chester Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.4 mi away
- The River — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Martin's Chapel of Bakersfield — 0.5 mi away
- New Wine — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Northminster Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
- Covenant Community Presbyterian Church — 2.2 mi away
- Iglesia Presbiteriana el Redento — 2.4 mi away
- All Saints Anglican Church — 3.1 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 3.1 mi away
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