First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 48.0%
• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (4.3–20.9%)
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
• Child Poverty: 22.4% (9.1–43.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.2% (9.2–29.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Cairo city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 20 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Christ Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Michaels Church — 0.1 mi away
• Holy City Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Hope Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Klondike Holy Trinity Church of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
• Everdale Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away