First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Waukegan, IL, 60085 in Waukegan, IL 60085. It is one of 104 churches in Waukegan.
Disciples making Disciples
Welcome to First Presbyterian Church. Part of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), First Presbyterian Church is a community of Christian believers meeting in Waukegan, Illinois. We are imperfect people both seeking to know God through His Son, Jesus, and to make Jesus known to others.
Serving since 1857
122 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave, Waukegan, IL, 60085, Waukegan, IL, 60085Website: https://www.firstpreswaukegan.org/
Shares a ministry location with New Abbey Covenant Church.
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.5%
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Child Poverty: 32.1% (15.0–49.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (10.9–30.1%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (8.5–20.6%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
- Unemployment: 7.2% (2.9–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Waukegan city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 2,641 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- New Abbey Covenant Church — 0 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
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- Christian Faith Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- Newlife Ministries in Christ Church — 0.2 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away