First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Portsmouth, OH 45662. It is one of 81 churches in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, OH, 45662First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 372 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Ohio — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around First Church of the Nazarene
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 68.5%
- Poverty Rate: 51.3%
- Obesity: 51.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.3%
- Depression: 33.6%
- Food Insecurity: 33.2%
- Diabetes: 19.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
- Unemployment: 15.1% (7.6–22.6%)
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 413 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Gateway Church — 0.1 mi away
- Apostolic Gospel Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cornerstone United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- 7th Street Christian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Redeemer Church — 0.4 mi away
- Life Point — 0.4 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Riverview Wesleyan Church — 1.4 mi away
- Portsmouth Wesleyan Church — 1.4 mi away
- New Boston First Church of the Nazarene — 2.8 mi away in New Boston, OH
- Sciotoville Church of the Nazarene — 5.1 mi away
- Lloyd Church of the Nazarene — 10.3 mi away in Greenup, KY