First Church of the Nazarene of Sterling
First Church of the Nazarene of Sterling is a church in Sterling, IL 61081. It is one of 42 churches in Sterling.
Sterling, IL, 61081First Church of the Nazarene of Sterling 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 of Sterling
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 32.6%
- Poverty Rate: 23.3% (14.3–32.2%)
- Obesity: 38.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Food Insecurity: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Sterling city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 505 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene of Sterling
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Reformed Mennonite Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Open Bible Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Abiding Word Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Amazing Grace Assembly of Sterling — 0.8 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- 16th Ave Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Living Well Church of the Nazarene — 10.8 mi away in Dixon, IL
- Church of the Nazarene — 11.1 mi away in Dixon, IL
- Lost Lake Community Nazarene — 19.2 mi away in Dixon, IL