First Church of God in Christ
First Church of God in Christ is a church in Albany, GA 31701. It is one of 222 churches in Albany.
Albany, GA, 31701Shares a ministry location with Words of Restoration.
First Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 552 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Georgia — 16,683 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 85.3%
- Food Insecurity: 49.4%
- Obesity: 49.3%
- Social Isolation: 44.6%
- Poverty Rate: 43.2% (29.1–57.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.0%
- Diabetes: 26.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.2%
- Unemployment: 23.4% (10.8–36.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (11.8–27.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Albany city is served by 52 churches — about one congregation for every 1,263 residents.
Churches near First Church of God in Christ
- Words of Restoration — 0 mi away
- C K Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Mount Zion First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hebrew Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- House of Refuge Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Beulah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- House of God Miracle Rvvl Church — 0.3 mi away
- Eureka Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Grace Emmanuel Church of God In Christ — 1.3 mi away
- Victory Church — 5.7 mi away
- Life Church — 6 mi away in Leesburg, GA