First Church of God
First Church of God is a Church Of God church at 561 Carter Rd in Defiance, OH 43512-8970. It is one of 59 churches in Defiance.
First Church strives to meet people where they are and love them to where Jesus wants them to be through our vision of Reach, Connect, and Serve.
First Church has been impacting Defiance and beyond for over 100 years now, and we fully believe the best is yet to come.
561 Carter Rd, Defiance, OH, 43512-8970Service times
- Sunday 10am · mornings
Phone: (419) 782-0861 · Website: https://www.firstchurchdefiance.com/
First Church of God is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 694 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Ohio — 16,683 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.
Ministries at First Church of God
- Childcare Center and Preschool
- Youth Center
- Summit Youth Center
- Local Missions
- Children's Ministry
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The community around First Church of God
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 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 32.9%
- Depression: 24.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Church of God
- Nccdefiance — 1.1 mi away
- Believers Church International — 1.1 mi away
- Defiance Christian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Defiance Church of the Nazarene — 1.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- First Mennonite Church — 1.5 mi away
- Bethel Worship Center of Defiance — 1.6 mi away
- Missionary Church of Christ — 1.6 mi away
- Heritage Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- First Pilgrim Holiness Church — 2 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- First Assembly of God Church — 2.2 mi away
- First Assembly Of God — 2.2 mi away
- Apostolic United Pentecostal Church — 3 mi away
- The Way Church - Napoleon — 14.9 mi away in Napoleon, OH
- Turning Point Pentecostal Church — 15.3 mi away in Archbold, OH