First Christian Church

First Christian Church is a Church Of Christ church at 115 W Buena Vista St in Chester, IL 62233-1905. It is one of 11 churches in Chester.

Serving since 1934

115 W Buena Vista St, Chester, IL, 62233-1905

Phone: +16188263117 · Website: https://christianstandard.com/places/first-christian-church-206/

First Christian Church is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 288 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Illinois — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.

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Upcoming events at First Christian Church

  • Fri, Aug 7 · All day: Uncommon Men’s Conference 2026 Quincy — Crossing Church, 150 S 48th St, Quincy, IL, 62305, United States
  • Sat, Aug 8 · All day: Cane Ridge Revival 225th Anniversary — Cane Ridge Meeting House, 1655 Cane Ridge Rd, Paris, KY, 40361, United States
  • Wed, Aug 12 · All day: DiscipleShift 2026 Everett — Northshore Christian Church, 5700 23rd Dr W, Everett, WA, 98203, United States
  • Fri, Aug 14 · All day: Polishing the Pulpit East 2026 — Sevierville Convention Center, 202 Gists Creek Rd, Sevierville, TN, 37876, United States
  • Thu, Aug 20 · All day: Intentional Churches Alignment Workshop Zanesville — North Terrace Church of Christ, 1420 Brandywine Blvd, Zanesville, OH, 43701, United States

From First Christian Church's public calendar (https://christianstandard.com/places/first-christian-church-206/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around First Christian Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 34.5%
  • Obesity: 39.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.6% (10.2–27.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 17.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Christian Church

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