First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is a church at 7898 Taft St in Merrillville, IN 46410-5241. It is one of 57 churches in Merrillville.

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7898 Taft St, Merrillville, IN, 46410-5241

Phone: +12197360707 · Website: http://www.prebychurch.org

First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Presbyterian Church

  • Feeding the Flock

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The community around First Presbyterian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 42.3%
  • Social Isolation: 33.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (3.9–12.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.9% (8.7–25.1%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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