First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Amory, MS 38821. It is one of 56 churches in Amory.
Amory, MS, 38821First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 190 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Mississippi — 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Food Insecurity: 24.2%
- Diabetes: 17.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.2%
- Child Poverty: 27.0% (7.4–46.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.8% (11.2–28.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (1.2–13.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Amory city is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 282 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- LifePointe Church Amory Mississippi — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Union Primitive Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Victory Temple Outreach Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Helen Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Main Street Freewill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- East Amory Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint James Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Wren Presbyterian Church — 7.4 mi away in Okolona, MS
- Nettleton Presbyterian Church — 10.6 mi away in Nettleton, MS
- Faith Presbyterian Church — 10.9 mi away in Aberdeen, MS
- First Presbyterian Church — 11.6 mi away in Aberdeen, MS
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 11.9 mi away in Aberdeen, MS