First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Panama City, FL 32401. It is one of 180 churches in Panama City.

Panama City, FL, 32401

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 176 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Florida — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around First Church of the Nazarene

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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 44.9% (28.1–61.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 34.0% (23.1–44.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
  • Diabetes: 19.0%
  • Obesity: 42.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (9.9–23.6%)
  • Unemployment: 10.8% (2.8–18.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Panama City city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 702 residents.

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