First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Sumter, SC 29150. It is one of 206 churches in Sumter.

Sumter, SC, 29150

Shares a ministry location with New Birth Church of God in Christ.

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 103 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across South Carolina — 4,599 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 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 51.3%
Food Insecurity: 39.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
Poverty Rate: 35.0% (25.1–44.8%)
Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
Diabetes: 26.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
Unemployment: 16.1% (7.6–24.6%)
Social Isolation: 35.7%
Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (5.2–18.1%)

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

Sumter city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.

Churches near First Church of the Nazarene

New Birth Church of God in Christ — 0 mi away
Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
Westend Community Church — 0.2 mi away
Salem Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
New Fellowship Covenant Ministry — 0.3 mi away

More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby

Wise Drive Church of Nazarene — 2.5 mi away
First Church of the Nazarene — 5.3 mi away
Church of the Nazarene — 14.6 mi away in Bishopville, SC

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