First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Port Gibson, MS 39150. It is one of 32 churches in Port Gibson.
Port Gibson, MS, 39150First 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
It takes 4.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 48.8%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Food Insecurity: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 13.7% (1.0–26.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
- Poverty Rate: 28.2% (16.6–39.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (10.5–22.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Port Gibson city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 92 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Port Gibson Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Chapel Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Port Gibson — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peter African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Port Gibson Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Christian Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Old Rodney Presbyterian Church — 14.4 mi away
- Union Church Presbyterian Church — 22.1 mi away in Union Church, MS
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 24.8 mi away in Vicksburg, MS
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