First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Chester, IL 62233. It is one of 11 churches in Chester.
Chester, IL, 62233First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 455 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian 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 about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 33.9%
- Obesity: 38.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
- Poverty Rate: 17.9% (8.8–26.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First Apostolic Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Church Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Peace Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Church of Our Lady — 1.9 mi away in Perryville, MO
- Saint Mary Church of Divine Maternity — 5.4 mi away in Ellis Grove, IL
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First Presbyterian Church — 13.1 mi away in Ste Genevieve, MO
- First Presbyterian Church — 13.4 mi away in Perryville, MO
- Trinity United Presbyterian Church — 15.4 mi away in Sparta, IL
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 15.6 mi away in Sparta, IL
- First Reformed Presbyterian Church — 15.6 mi away in Sparta, IL