Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene is a church in Poteau, OK 74953. It is one of 35 churches in Poteau.
Poteau, OK, 74953Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 152 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Oklahoma — 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 Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Obesity: 40.4%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Child Poverty: 32.1% (19.0–45.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
- Depression: 27.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (15.1–28.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Diabetes: 14.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Poteau city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 780 residents.
Churches near Church of the Nazarene
- Faith Community Poteau — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Beginning Family Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Church — 0.3 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Heavener Church of Nazarene — 11.1 mi away in Heavener, OK
- Church of the Nazarene — 20.8 mi away in Mansfield, AR
- Muldrow Nazarene Church — 24 mi away in Muldrow, OK
- Southside Nazarene Church — 24.6 mi away in Fort Smith, AR