First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Benton, IL 62812. It is one of 37 churches in Benton.
Benton, IL, 62812Website: http://bentonnaz.com/
First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 197 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Illinois — 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
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 33.4%
- Child Poverty: 25.2% (9.5–41.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Poverty Rate: 20.0% (13.0–27.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.0%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- East Benton Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Resurrection Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Awakening Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
- North Benton Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Benton — 0.7 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.8 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- First Church of the Nazarene — 6.7 mi away in West Frankfort, IL
- Wesleyan Church — 7.1 mi away in West Frankfort, IL
- Church of the Nazarene — 15.3 mi away in Herrin, IL
- First Church of the Nazarene — 18 mi away in Marion, IL