Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene
Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene is a Nazarene church at 700 West Howe Street in Bloomington, IN 47403. It is one of 135 churches in Bloomington, and one of 3 Nazarene congregations in the city.
700 West Howe Street, Bloomington, IN, 47403Phone: +1-812-332-2461
Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 291 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Indiana — 4,365 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 Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 61.4% (43.7–79.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 45.2%
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Depression: 30.7%
- Food Insecurity: 21.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
- Unemployment: 6.4% (2.4–10.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bloomington city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 2,319 residents.
Churches near Bloomington First Church of the Nazarene
- West Second Street Church Of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Central Wesleyan Church of Bloomington, Indiana — 0.2 mi away
- Mc Doel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fairview United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christian Science Practitioner — 0.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Exodus Church — 0.6 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.6 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Bloomington Eastview Church of the Nazarene — 3.9 mi away
- Zion Community Church of the Nazarene — 5.3 mi away
- Stinesville Church of the Nazarene — 11.2 mi away in Stinesville, IN
- Valley Mission Church of the Nazarene — 13.8 mi away in Bedford, IN
- Spencer First Church of the Nazarene — 14.5 mi away in Spencer, IN
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