First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 48.0%
• Food Insecurity: 41.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.6%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Child Poverty: 35.9% (20.3–51.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Poverty Rate: 28.0% (17.4–38.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Unemployment: 10.4% (2.8–18.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

East Chicago city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 479 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Of East Chicago, Indiana — 0 mi away
• Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• First United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace City Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• The Cross Church — 0.1 mi away
• Holy Trinity Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• Marriage Matters — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Pentecostal Emanuel — 0.1 mi away