First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 212 North Bonner Street in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
212 North Bonner Street, Ruston, LA, 71270Shares a ministry location with Presbyterian Church of Ruston.
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 117 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Louisiana — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 68.2%
- Obesity: 48.6%
- Poverty Rate: 43.9% (30.7–57.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 39.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
- Depression: 29.2%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (4.8–18.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Ruston city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 658 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Presbyterian Church of Ruston — 0 mi away
- Ascend Church of Ruston, LA — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church Ruston — 0.3 mi away
- China Grove Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Bridge Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Awakening Collegiate Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Word of Faith Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- Louisiana Tech BCM — 0.7 mi away
- Zion Hill Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Mays Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- John Knox Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 13.7 mi away in Simsboro, LA
- Antioch Presbyterian Church — 14.9 mi away in Quitman, LA
- Calhoun Presbyterian Church — 19.5 mi away in Calhoun, LA