First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Gary, IN 46408. It is one of 275 churches in Gary.

Gary, IN, 46408

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 First Church of the Nazarene

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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.0%
  • Social Isolation: 33.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
  • Diabetes: 14.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%
  • Unemployment: 6.1% (1.5–10.8%)

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

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