First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a church at 700 South 6th Street in Springfield, IL 62703. It is one of 164 churches in Springfield.
700 South 6th Street, Springfield, IL, 62703Phone: +1-217-528-3407 · Website: https://www.fccspringfieldil.net/
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The community around First Christian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 45.9%
- Poverty Rate: 30.3% (17.7–42.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 25.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
- Unemployment: 8.9% (1.6–16.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Springfield city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,462 residents.
Churches near First Christian Church
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception — 0.1 mi away
- Central/Southern Illinois Synod — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Order of Christ the Saviour — 0.4 mi away
- Cathedral Church of St Paul — 0.4 mi away