First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 1427 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, IL 60201. It is one of 83 churches in Evanston, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.

1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201

Website: https://firstpresevanston.org/

First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Presbyterian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.

  • Social Isolation: 32.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.3% (13.9–26.6%)
  • Unemployment: 7.7% (2.1–13.2%)

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

Evanston city is served by 46 churches — about one congregation for every 1,592 residents.

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