First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 114 Silver Creek Road in Morganton, NC 28655. It is one of 160 churches in Morganton, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
We want the people of Morganton and Burke County to know we are FOR them, that God is FOR them, and that the message of Jesus Christ is still good news!
114 Silver Creek Road, Morganton, NC, 28655First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 637 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across North Carolina — 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
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 33.2%
- Child Poverty: 30.2% (11.9–48.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 22.1% (11.2–33.0%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.8% (11.9–25.6%)
- Obesity: 36.7%
- Depression: 25.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
- Food Insecurity: 17.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Morganton city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 834 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Asheville Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Meeting Place Mission — 0.7 mi away
- Green Street Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Calvary Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Thrive Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Hope in Christ Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mission Church — 0.9 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Green Street Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away
- Quaker Meadow Presbyterian Church — 4.5 mi away
- Waldensian Presbyterian Church — 7.9 mi away in Valdese, NC
- Bridgewater Presbyterian Church — 9.2 mi away
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