First Church of Christ
First Church of Christ is a church in Defiance, OH 43512. It is one of 72 churches in Defiance.
Defiance, OH, 43512First Church of Christ is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 604 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Ohio — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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The community around First Church of Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 34.8%
- Obesity: 37.4%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.5–30.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 17.0%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Defiance city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 284 residents.
Churches near First Church of Christ
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Family Christian Center — 0.5 mi away
- Bethel Worship Center of Defiance — 0.6 mi away
- Missionary Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Mennonite Church — 0.7 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- SBC Ministries — 0.8 mi away
- King's Cross Church — 0.8 mi away
More Restorationist churches nearby
- Missionary Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Oakwood Church of Christ — 8.7 mi away in Oakwood, OH
- Paulding Church of Christ — 15.9 mi away in Paulding, OH
- First Church of Christ — 17.2 mi away in Bryan, OH
- Mandale Church of Christ in Christian Union — 18.3 mi away