First Christian Church

The community around First Christian 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 49.5%
• Social Isolation: 41.6%
• Food Insecurity: 41.2%
• Poverty Rate: 37.6% (24.0–51.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
• Diabetes: 23.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
• Child Poverty: 35.2% (18.7–51.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.3% (8.9–23.6%)
• Unemployment: 10.9% (1.9–20.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Waycross city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 161 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Victory Chapel Christian Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• FW The Experience — 0.4 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Freedom Community Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away