First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

It takes 4.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Social Isolation: 33.3%
• Obesity: 39.2%
• Child Poverty: 27.0% (10.0–44.0%)
• Depression: 23.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
• Poverty Rate: 16.4% (8.4–24.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.2%
• Diabetes: 13.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Christian Church

• First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Transformation Church - Saint Elmo — 0.2 mi away in St Elmo, IL
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• The Table — 0.3 mi away in St Elmo, IL
• St Elmo Christian Church — 0.3 mi away in St Elmo, IL
• St Mary's Hall — 0.4 mi away in St Elmo, IL
• First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Heartland Independent Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in St Elmo, IL
• St. Elmo Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away in St Elmo, IL