First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 321 West South Street in Kalamazoo, MI 49007. It is one of 171 churches in Kalamazoo, and one of 5 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
321 West South Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007Website: http://sanctuaryinthecity.org
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 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 99.6%
- Poverty Rate: 41.5%
- Depression: 32.5%
- Obesity: 43.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.3%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (3.2–18.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Kalamazoo city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 2,845 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- St Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- Phoenix Community Church UCC — 0.1 mi away
- Messiah Sing Kalamazoo — 0.1 mi away
- North Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Temple of the Apostolic Faith Church Worldwide — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- North Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- Covenant United Reformed Church — 2.5 mi away
- Community Presbyterian Church — 2.7 mi away
- Grace Harbor — 2.7 mi away
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