First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 700 North Main Street in Lancaster, SC 29720. It is one of 136 churches in Lancaster.
Our vision and mission is based on the belief that we are called to be disciples of the risen Christ and members of his universal Body, who are empowered by God’s Spirit to WORSHIP God with joy and thanksgiving; PROCLAIM the Gospel through word and deed; TEACH the message of God’s love in Christ; SH
First Presbyterian is one of the over 10,000 congregations that are part of the Presbyterian Church (USA). We are an inclusive and diverse congregation and believe that everyone is welcomed into a saving relationship with Jesus Christ and that NO ONE is shunned or excluded for any reason.
700 North Main Street, Lancaster, SC, 29720Website: https://www.firstarplancaster.org/
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 430 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across South Carolina — 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 45.7%
- Food Insecurity: 35.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
- Unemployment: 15.2% (4.6–25.9%)
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Poverty Rate: 23.3% (13.6–33.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (7.0–19.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lancaster city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 663 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Reformation Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Ridge Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- St Paul AME Church — 0.7 mi away
- Northside Mission Church — 0.7 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Anointed Word Church — 0.7 mi away
- Living Word Church of Lancaster — 0.7 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Shiloh Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church — 3.2 mi away
- Gills Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church — 4.7 mi away
- Douglas Presbyterian Church — 4.7 mi away
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