First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.4%
• Poverty Rate: 22.3% (14.4–30.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 20.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (5.0–18.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (3.9–10.1%)

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

Vandalia city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 553 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• Mother of Dolors Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Free Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Our Sorrowful Mother's Ministry — 0.2 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Family Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
• Holy Cross Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away