First Reformed Presbyterian Church
First Reformed Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Sparta, IL 62286. It is one of 28 churches in Sparta, and one of 3 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Sparta, IL, 62286First Reformed Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 455 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,342 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.
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The community around First Reformed Presbyterian Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 41.1%
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
- Unemployment: 10.1% (4.2–16.0%)
- Child Poverty: 29.6% (12.5–46.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
- Poverty Rate: 19.0% (11.1–26.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 14.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sparta city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 270 residents.
Churches near First Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gospel Chapel Hall — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Landmark Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sparta Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Road To Life Church — 0.4 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Trinity United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Reformed Presbyterian — 0.6 mi away
- Tilden Presbyterian Church — 6 mi away in Tilden, IL
- Grandcote Reformed Presbyterian Church — 6.7 mi away in Coulterville, IL