Where is First Congregational Church located?

First Congregational Church is at 216-647-6930330 Second St., Elyria, OH, 44035.

What time are services at First Congregational Church?

First Congregational Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Congregational Church?

First Congregational Church in Elyria, OH is a United Church Of Christ church.

First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church is a United Church Of Christ church at 216-647-6930330 Second St. in Elyria, OH 44035. It is one of 99 churches in Elyria.

Serving since 1817 · Elevator

216-647-6930330 Second St., Elyria, OH, 44035

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (216) 647-6930 · Website: https://www.firstcongelyria.org/

First Congregational Church is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 287 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Ohio — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.

Ministries at First Congregational Church

Food Pantry

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The community around First Congregational 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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

Poverty Rate: 38.6% (27.0–50.3%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
Food Insecurity: 30.0%
Diabetes: 23.4%
Unemployment: 18.5% (9.1–27.9%)
Obesity: 43.4%
Social Isolation: 35.2%
Depression: 27.0%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Elyria city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 1,385 residents.

Churches near First Congregational Church

First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Pulse Elyria — 0.1 mi away
Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
St Mary Church — 0.1 mi away
Saint Marys Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
Spread the Word Ministries — 0.2 mi away
First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
First United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
venue church — 0.2 mi away
Salvation Army — 0.2 mi away

More Congregational churches nearby

Magyar United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
Pilgrim United Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away
Saint Peter United Church of Christ — 6.4 mi away in Amherst, OH
Amherst Congregational United Church of Christ — 6.5 mi away in Amherst, OH
First Church — 7.5 mi away in Oberlin, OH

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