First Assembly of God Church
First Assembly of God Church is a Pentecostal church in Laurel, MS 39440. It is one of 144 churches in Laurel, and one of 3 Pentecostal congregations in the city.
Laurel, MS, 39440First Assembly of God Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 327 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Mississippi — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First Assembly of God Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Food Insecurity: 29.6%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
- Poverty Rate: 26.9% (13.1–40.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (7.7–25.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (1.8–13.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Laurel city is served by 45 churches — about one congregation for every 217 residents.
Churches near First Assembly of God Church
- First Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Luke Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- West Laurel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pentecostal Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Elmo Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- St John Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- West Laurel United Methodist — 0.6 mi away
- Cornerstone Independant Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Pentecostal Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Laurel — 1 mi away
- Ignite Church — 1.9 mi away
- Eastside Assembly of God Church — 2 mi away
- Faith Assembly of God Church — 2.5 mi away
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