First United Church of God In Christ
First United Church of God In Christ is a church at 167 Village Ln in Amite, LA 70422. It is one of 45 churches in Amite.
167 Village Ln, Amite, LA, 70422Phone: (985) 748-5525 · Website: http://www.churchofgod.cc
First United Church of God In Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 403 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Louisiana — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First United Church of God In Christ
It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 46.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Food Insecurity: 36.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 20.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 13.0% (4.0–22.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Child Poverty: 32.8% (16.2–51.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 29.8% (18.6–41.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
- Depression: 25.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Church of God In Christ
- Morris Chapel Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Holly Hill Church — 0.1 mi away
- Baygall Church — 1 mi away
- Baker Chapel — 1.3 mi away
- Rick Chapel — 1.6 mi away
- Leonard Chapel — 1.7 mi away in Independence, LA
- Killian Church — 2.1 mi away
- Kedron Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
- Gordan Chapel — 2.9 mi away
- Gordon Chapel Church of God — 2.9 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Bethel Tabernacle — 7.6 mi away in Saint Helena Parish, LA
- First United Pentecostal Church — 8.4 mi away in Independence, LA
- Woodhaven Church of God — 12.2 mi away in Tickfaw, LA
- Woodhaven Church of God — 12.4 mi away in Independence, LA
- True Light Spiritual Church of God in Christ — 14.1 mi away in Hammond, LA