First Presbyterian Church of Newton
First Presbyterian Church of Newton is a Presbyterian church at 54 High St in Newton, NJ 07860. It is one of 15 churches in Newton.
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54 High St, Newton, NJ, 07860Phone: (973) 383-4420 · Website: http://www.fpcnewtonnj.org/
First Presbyterian Church of Newton is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 388 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New Jersey — 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 of Newton
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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,100 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.
- Social Isolation: 33.4%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (4.0–12.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.5%
- Poverty Rate: 17.0% (8.8–25.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Newton town is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 4,185 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church of Newton
- Christ Episcopal Church, Newton — 0 mi away
- Living Waters Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Reformed Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Redeemed Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sussex County — 0.6 mi away
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
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- Yellow Frame Presbyterian Church — 7 mi away
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