First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Mattoon, IL 61938. It is one of 58 churches in Mattoon.
Mattoon, IL, 61938First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 204 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Illinois — 4,599 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 40.2%
- Child Poverty: 35.7% (18.8–52.6%)
- Social Isolation: 33.8%
- Depression: 24.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
- Poverty Rate: 21.0% (12.7–29.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.7%
- Unemployment: 6.1% (2.4–9.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Mattoon city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 147 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Immaculate Conception Church — 0.2 mi away
- Davis Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Revival Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wayside Chapel Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Unity Church (Mattoon, Illinois) — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- East Side Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
- East Side Church of the Nazarene — 2 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 21.6 mi away in Tuscola, IL
- Casey First Church of the Nazarene — 24.4 mi away in Casey, IL
- Wesleyan Church — 24.8 mi away in Casey, IL