First Congregational United Church of Christ
First Congregational United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 700 Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan, KS 66502. It is one of 86 churches in Manhattan.
Welcome to First Congregational United Church of Christ in Manhattan. You are welcome here!
700 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS, 66502Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School for All Ages
Website: https://www.uccmanhattan.org/
First Congregational United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Kansas — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
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Latest from First Congregational UCC Manhattan, KS YouTube's YouTube channel: Sermon August 2 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Congregational United Church of Christ
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 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 37.1% (27.6–46.7%)
- Social Isolation: 36.4%
- Food Insecurity: 20.2% (15.4–26.1%)
- Depression: 25.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Manhattan city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 969 residents.
Churches near First Congregational United Church of Christ
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church Of Swole — 0.1 mi away
- Methodist Education Center — 0.1 mi away
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Harris Activity Center — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Seven Dolors Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Vintage Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Remnant Nation — 0.2 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Peace United Church of Christ — 18.9 mi away in Alma, KS
- Zion United Church of Christ — 19.4 mi away in Junction City, KS