First Pentecostal Church

First Pentecostal Church is a Pentecostal church at 1992 Winterville Road in Athens, GA 30605. It is one of 130 churches in Athens, and one of 2 Pentecostal congregations in the city.

1992 Winterville Road, Athens, GA, 30605

First Pentecostal Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 552 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Georgia — 16,682 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 Pentecostal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 49.2% (33.9–65.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.8% (24.3–47.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 33.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.0% (15.4–32.5%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
  • Diabetes: 16.2%
  • Unemployment: 11.1% (2.2–20.0%)
  • Obesity: 37.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%

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

Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.

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