First Congregational Church
First Congregational Church is a United_church_of_christ church at 500 Southeast 8th Avenue in Minneapolis, MN 55414. It is one of 454 churches in Minneapolis, and one of 3 United_church_of_christ congregations in the city.
500 Southeast 8th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55414Website: http://firstchurchmn.org/
First Congregational Church is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Congregational Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,600 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.
- Social Isolation: 44.5%
- Poverty Rate: 44.5%
- Depression: 35.8%
- Food Insecurity: 27.0% (18.8–35.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.5% (13.6–23.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.1% (12.4–21.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Minneapolis city is served by 181 churches — about one congregation for every 2,358 residents.
Churches near First Congregational Church
- Andrew Riverside Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Maranatha Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- University Lutheran Chapel LCMS — 0.2 mi away
- Cru House — 0.3 mi away
- Newman Catholic Campus Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Lawrence Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Minneapolis — 0.4 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- University Lutheran Church of Hope — 0.4 mi away
- University Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away