First Assembly of God Church
First Assembly of God Church is a Pentecostal church in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston, and one of 3 Pentecostal congregations in the city.
Ruston, LA, 71270Website: http://www.ag.org
First Assembly of God Church 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 Assembly of God Church
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 a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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.
- Poverty Rate: 43.3%
- Food Insecurity: 27.3%
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Depression: 31.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Ruston city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 658 residents.
Churches near First Assembly of God Church
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ruston Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- CSC LaTech — 0.5 mi away
- Cook Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- King's Court United Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away
- John Knox Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Zion Hill Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Louisiana Tech BCM — 0.9 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- First Pentecostal Church — 2 mi away
- Ruston Church of God in Christ — 2.1 mi away
- Lifepoint Church — 3 mi away
- Cathedral of Praise Worship Center — 4 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Arcadia — 15.2 mi away in Arcadia, LA