First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Newark, OH 43055. It is one of 90 churches in Newark, and one of 3 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Newark, OH, 43055First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 534 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Ohio — 11,342 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 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 a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 44.5%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Child Poverty: 37.2% (20.9–53.6%)
- Depression: 30.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
- Poverty Rate: 24.1% (14.7–33.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
- Unemployment: 7.6% (2.1–13.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 976 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Plymouth United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Church of Licking County — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.2 mi away
- Central Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Francis De Sales Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Woodside Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 6.2 mi away in Granville, OH
- Hanover Presbyterian Church — 7.6 mi away in Hanover, OH