First ARP Church
First ARP Church is a church at 317 S Chester St in Gastonia, NC 28052-3803. It is one of 135 churches in Gastonia.
To develop deep roots into God’s Word and a wide reach into God’s world for the advancement of His Kingdom and the glory of His name.
Serving since 2008
317 S Chester St, Gastonia, NC, 28052-3803Service times
Wednesday 12am–5pm (Sept April -5th grade) (as listed)
Phone: (704) 864-3468 · Website: https://firstarpchurch.org/
Ministries at First ARP Church
- Children's Ministry
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Upcoming events at First ARP Church
- Sun, Nov 8 · 9:45 AM: "Kingdom Builders" Discipleship Training — First ARP, 317 S Chester St., Gastonia, 28052, United States
- Sun, Nov 8 · 9:45 AM: Orphan Sunday 2026 — Fellowship Hall
- Mon, Nov 9 · 9 AM: Adult Co-Ed Pickleball — MAC, 317 S Chester St, Gastonia, 28052, United States
- Mon, Nov 9 · 1:30 PM: THRIVE - Adult Fitness Class — MAC, 317 S Chester St, Gastonia, 28052, United States
- Tue, Nov 10 · 8:30 AM: Adult Co-Ed Volleyball — MAC, 317 S Chester St, Gastonia, 28052, United States
From First ARP Church's public calendar (https://firstarpchurch.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around First ARP 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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.
- Obesity: 40.7%
- Social Isolation: 35.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
- Food Insecurity: 24.9%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Depression: 25.1%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (11.9–31.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (0.8–13.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First ARP Church
- St Mark's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Stephens AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mcadenville Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Covenant United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Citizens Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Solid Rock Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Excel Church — 0.5 mi away
- Nueva vida Gastonia — 0.5 mi away
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