First Church of God in Christ
First Church of God in Christ is a church in Hammond, LA 70401. It is one of 99 churches in Hammond.
Hammond, LA, 70401First 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 Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 40.5%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Obesity: 44.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Poverty Rate: 25.8% (16.2–35.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Child Poverty: 28.2% (8.8–47.6%)
- Depression: 25.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Hammond city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 498 residents.
Churches near First Church of God in Christ
- Alstork African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Saint African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Bethel United Progressive Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Home Temple Praise — 0.5 mi away
- Hanson Avenue Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Stillwater Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Eastside Pentecostal Church of God — 0.5 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Greater Love Church of God in Christ — 1.6 mi away
- Mixon Holy Cross Temple Church of God in Christ — 2 mi away
- True Light Spiritual Church of God in Christ — 2.7 mi away
- Hosanna Assembly Of God — 3.7 mi away
- New Life Apostolic Church — 4.6 mi away in Ponchatoula, LA