First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church is a United Church Of Christ church at 241 Cedar Avenue in Long Beach, CA 90802. It is one of 249 churches in Long Beach.
Our mission is: To be a visible and prophetic presence in the church and in the world; To steadfastly proclaim the radically inclusive love of God; To be open to, and celebrate differences; To honor thinking for oneself; To faithfully work for the inclusion of, and justice for, all people, regardles
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241 Cedar Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90802Service times
Sunday 8:45am (July); Sunday 10am (July); Sunday 5pm (July) (as listed)
Phone: (562) 436-2256 · Website: https://www.firstchurchlb.org/
First Congregational Church is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 116 congregations of the Congregational family gather across California — 2,930 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at First Congregational Church
- Music Ministry
- Children and Youth Ministries
- Handbell Choir
- Beloved Bells
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The community around First Congregational Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Food Insecurity: 18.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (7.1–16.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Long Beach city is served by 143 churches — about one congregation for every 3,245 residents.
Churches near First Congregational Church
- Antioch Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Samoan Church, (historic) — 0.3 mi away
- Central Southern Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Revive America — 0.5 mi away
- Moore Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Church in Action;formerly First Methodist — 0.5 mi away
- Central Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- First United Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Los Altos United Church of Christ — 4.4 mi away
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