First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church at 16 North 3rd Street in Lake Wales, FL 33853. It is one of 62 churches in Lake Wales.
16 North 3rd Street, Lake Wales, FL, 33853First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 494 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Florida — 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.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 45.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
- Diabetes: 18.4%
- Poverty Rate: 22.7% (10.9–34.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.0%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (4.1–15.4%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (5.7–21.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lake Wales city is served by 3 churches — about one congregation for every 2,935 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First Baptist Church of Lake Wales — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Conexion Hispana de Lake Wales — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Lake Wales — 0.3 mi away
- Up At The Cross — 0.3 mi away
- Spanish Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
- Higher Praise Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Central Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Cypress Ridge Presbyterian — 8.3 mi away in Winter Haven, FL
- Hope Presbyterian Church — 9.9 mi away in Winter Haven, FL
- Lake Hamilton Presbyterian Church — 10.1 mi away in Lake Hamilton, FL
- First Presbyterian Church — 11.1 mi away in Frostproof, FL
- First Presbyterian Church of Winter Haven — 12.6 mi away in Winter Haven, FL
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