First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 63 churches in Emporia.
Today we enjoy a beautiful facility, a prime location "in town", and a family of believers whose desire is to share the gospel with their community.
Emporia, KS, 66801Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · morning worship with School
First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 120 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Kansas — 4,599 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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Latest from Emporia Nazarene's YouTube channel: September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 33.3%
- Obesity: 39.2%
- Child Poverty: 25.9% (7.2–44.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.9% (12.1–29.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (6.5–17.3%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Emporia city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 551 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- Emanuel Full Gospel Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Marks Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church South Building — 0.6 mi away
- TABC Awana Club — 0.6 mi away
- Vida Abundante Page — 0.6 mi away
- Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church West Building — 0.6 mi away
- Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Emporia Presbyterian Church West Campus — 0.7 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.8 mi away
- Embrace Church Emporia — 1.2 mi away