First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Rockford, IL 61108. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford.
Rockford, IL, 61108First 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,300 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: 40.0%
- Social Isolation: 34.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
- Food Insecurity: 17.0%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Freedom Through the Word Church — 0.3 mi away
- Resurrection Life Foursquare Church — 0.4 mi away
- Alpine Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Evangélica Cristiana Espiritual — 0.4 mi away
- Forest City Church — 0.5 mi away
- Heartland Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Woodside Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away
- Charles Street Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemed Christian Church of God - Amazing Grace Parish — 0.7 mi away
- Broadway Covenant Church — 0.7 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Calvary Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Wesleyan Church — 1.5 mi away
- Salvation Army Temple — 1.9 mi away
- Samuelson Road Church of the Nazarene — 3.1 mi away
- Parkside Church of the Nazarene — 7.8 mi away in Machesney Park, IL