First Church of God in Christ
First Church of God in Christ is a church at 1125 Gonder Ave SE in Canton, OH 44707-3321. It is one of 225 churches in Canton.
1125 Gonder Ave SE, Canton, OH, 44707-3321Phone: +13302244155 · Website: http://victoriadwatts.wixsite.com/firstchurchcogic
First Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 723 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Ohio — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First Church of God in Christ
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 half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Obesity: 55.1%
- Poverty Rate: 49.2% (35.5–63.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 47.3%
- Social Isolation: 43.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.4%
- Diabetes: 21.5%
- Child Poverty: 31.6% (19.4–44.5%)
- Depression: 28.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 11.1% (1.9–20.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Church of God in Christ
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Sherrick Road Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Zion Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Anthonys Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- All Saints Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Rehoboth Rivers of Living Waters — 0.5 mi away
- 3rd Street Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Peoples Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- All Saints Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- All Saints Temple Church Of God In Christ — 0.8 mi away
- God Given Church of God In Christ — 1.2 mi away
- The Apostolics of Canton — 1.6 mi away
- Greater Bethel Apostolic Church — 1.9 mi away