First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Monroe, LA 71202. It is one of 221 churches in Monroe.

Monroe, LA, 71202

Shares a ministry location with Greater New Hope Baptist Church.

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 37 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Louisiana — 4,365 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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The community around First Church of the Nazarene

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half 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.

Child Poverty: 88.6%
Food Insecurity: 58.8%
Obesity: 58.0%
Poverty Rate: 55.4% (40.6–70.3%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.3%
Social Isolation: 43.9%
Housing Insecurity: 42.3%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 40.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 37.0%
Transportation Barriers: 30.3%
Diabetes: 27.0%
Unemployment: 11.7% (4.1–19.4%)
Depression: 24.7%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.

Churches near First Church of the Nazarene

Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0 mi away
House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
New Life Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Mt Nebo Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint Paul United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
Jesus Holy Temple — 0.4 mi away
New Hope Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
Macedonia Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.7 mi away
Peter Rock Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away

More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby

First Church of the Nazarene — 2.5 mi away in West Monroe, LA
The Gathering — 5.8 mi away in West Monroe, LA
North Crossings Church of God — 8.4 mi away
Liberty Grove Church of God — 8.6 mi away in West Monroe, LA

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