Asheville First Church of the Nazarene

Asheville First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Asheville, NC 28806. It is one of 225 churches in Asheville.

Asheville, NC, 28806

Asheville First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 121 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across North Carolina — 4,365 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 Asheville 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. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.2% (15.5–31.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 32.5%
  • Depression: 25.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Asheville city is served by 77 churches — about one congregation for every 902 residents.

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