First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 1427 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, IL 60201. It is one of 70 churches in Evanston, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston exists to know Jesus Christ and to grow in Him as we serve and make disciples in Evanston, the Chicago area, and the world.
1427 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60201Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · MorningsLearn More
Phone: (847) 864-1472 · Website: https://firstpresevanston.org/
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 473 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,641 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.
Ministries at First Presbyterian Church
- Children's Ministry
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Upcoming events at First Presbyterian Church
- Sat, Nov 7 · 9:15 AM: A Service in Memory of All Souls — First Presbyterian Evanston, 1427 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
- Thu, Nov 12 · 5 PM: Chicagoland Pilgrimage — DeKoven Center, Racine, WI, United States
- Tue, Nov 17 · 1 PM: Book Club: Going to See the Elephant — First Presbyterian Evanston, 1427 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL, 60201, United States
From First Presbyterian Church's public calendar (https://firstpresevanston.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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Latest from First Presbyterian Evanston's YouTube channel: Sunday Morning Worship—November 1, 2026 (all videos).
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.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Lake Street Church of Evanston — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- Living Hope Of Calvary Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethany Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Bethesda Presbyterian Church — 2.2 mi away in Skokie, IL
- Northminster Presbyterian Church — 2.3 mi away
- Rogers Park Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away in Chicago, IL
- First Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away in Wilmette, IL
- Saint James Presbyterian Church — 3.1 mi away in Chicago, IL