First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church in Paterson, NJ 07505. It is one of 170 churches in Paterson.
Paterson, NJ, 07505First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 387 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New Jersey — 11,639 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,500 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.
- Food Insecurity: 47.3%
- Social Isolation: 40.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 35.2%
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (22.1–45.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 32.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.1% (13.9–32.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
- Diabetes: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 17.7% (3.7–31.7%)
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Child Poverty: 33.7% (16.9–52.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Paterson city is served by 85 churches — about one congregation for every 1,857 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- ACM of Paterson, NJ — 0.1 mi away
- Agape Christian Center Word Faith — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Michael the Archangel Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- Taller Guadalupano Catedral san Juan Bautista en Paterson — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John's Convent — 0.1 mi away
- MMM Paterson USA NJ — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Salvacion Eterna — 0.2 mi away
- La Gran Comision NJ — 0.2 mi away
- Latin American Christian Pentecostal Church of God — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- United Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Augustine Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- East Side Presbyterian Church — 1.4 mi away
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