First Christian Church

First Christian Church is a Disciples Of Christ church at 927 Faraon Street in Saint Joseph, MO 64501. It is one of 57 churches in Saint Joseph.

927 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, MO, 64501

First Christian Church is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 321 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Missouri — 10,488 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.

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The community around First Christian 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Obesity: 48.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.6% (20.4–46.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (14.9–31.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 32.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Depression: 26.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

St. Joseph city is served by 53 churches — about one congregation for every 1,304 residents.

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