First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church at 2930 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, MI 48201. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit.
We train students to become effective church and lay leaders for the 21st century church, through a course of study which emphasizes the centrality of Christian ethics and social justice ideals.
Ecumenical Theological Seminary is a fully accredited ecumenical seminary committed to providing the best theological education in southeastern Michigan while remaining rooted in Detroit.
2930 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201Phone: (313) 831-5200 · Website: https://www.etseminary.edu/
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 302 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Michigan — 11,638 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 a few blocks of these doors, 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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: 38.9% (26.8–51.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 35.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 18.4%
- Unemployment: 17.1% (5.5–28.7%)
- Obesity: 43.1%
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
- Depression: 24.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Starlight Temple of Truth — 0.3 mi away
- Motor City Praise Records — 0.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- Cass Park Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John's Episcopal Church of Detroit — 0.3 mi away
- Peter Claver Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Patrick Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cass Community United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Baptist Alan MD — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- St Aloysius Parish — 0.8 mi away
- Fort Street Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- St. John's Presbyterian Church — 1.4 mi away
- Redeemer Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
- Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away