First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Columbus, MS 39701. It is one of 182 churches in Columbus.

Columbus, MS, 39701

Shares a ministry location with Bible Way Progressive Church.

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 35 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Mississippi — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around First Church of the Nazarene

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

  • Child Poverty: 70.5%
  • Obesity: 45.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.7% (26.3–55.0%)
  • Food Insecurity: 39.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.8%
  • Diabetes: 21.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (5.8–20.3%)
  • Unemployment: 6.1% (2.4–9.8%)

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

Columbus city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 362 residents.

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