First African Church

The community around First African 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 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (9.7–20.5%)
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Obesity: 38.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 18.0% (9.8–26.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.

Green Cove Springs city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 572 residents.

Churches near First African Church

• First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
• St Mary's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Green Cove Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Doxa Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Old Saint Marys Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away