First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church is a United Church Of Christ church at 1701 Southwest Collins Avenue in Topeka, KS 66604. It is one of 253 churches in Topeka.
'Our faith is 2,000 years old. Our thinking is not.' We believe in God's continuing testament. This is why we are committed to hearing God's ancient story anew and afresh in our lives and in the world today. We try to remain attentive to God's creative movement in the world.
Wheelchair accessible · Part of Kansas-Oklahoma Conference
1701 Southwest Collins Avenue, Topeka, KS, 66604Phone: (785) 233-1786 · Website: https://embracethequestions.com/
First Congregational Church 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 Church Topeka's YouTube channel: 08/02/2026 - Church Service (all videos).
The community around First Congregational Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Social Isolation: 29.7%
- Depression: 23.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Topeka city is served by 131 churches — about one congregation for every 923 residents.
Churches near First Congregational Church
- Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lutheran Women in Mission - FLC Topeka — 0.6 mi away
- Saints Peter and Paul Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Southern Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Davids Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- University United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Lowman United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Community Church — 0.7 mi away
- Westboro Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Carbondale Cornerstone Full Gospel Church — 15 mi away in Carbondale, KS