First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Joliet, IL 60433. It is one of 161 churches in Joliet.
Joliet, IL, 60433First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 197 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Illinois — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around First Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
- Diabetes: 17.7%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (4.3–14.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Faith Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Brown Chapel AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Paul's Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Covenant Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Gospel Life Church — 0.7 mi away
- God's Gathering Place Christian Fellowship Church — 0.8 mi away
- Redeem Enrichment Ministries — 0.9 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Wesleyan Church — 1.1 mi away
- Crystal Lawns Church of the Nazarene — 6.7 mi away in Crest Hill, IL