First Brethren Church

First Brethren Church is a Brethren church at 135 East Main Street in Peru, IN 46970. It is one of 45 churches in Peru, and one of 2 Brethren congregations in the city.

135 East Main Street, Peru, IN, 46970

First Brethren Church is part of the Anabaptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 67 congregations of the Anabaptist family gather across Indiana — 1,105 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Anabaptists paid with their lives for believers' baptism and freedom of conscience centuries before either was safe to hold, and every church in America now enjoys what they died for. Their disaster-relief crews, arriving quietly after every flood and fire, and their refusal to return violence remain a standing witness to the rest of us.

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The community around First Brethren Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 45.8%
  • Child Poverty: 36.3% (19.6–53.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 34.6%
  • Depression: 28.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.5% (13.2–31.9%)
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Unemployment: 10.9% (2.5–19.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Peru city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 315 residents.

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