First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Jackson, TN 38301. It is one of 213 churches in Jackson.

Jackson, TN, 38301

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 119 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Tennessee — 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 about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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: 81.5%
  • Obesity: 58.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 46.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 45.2% (31.0–59.4%)
  • Diabetes: 28.0%
  • Unemployment: 18.2% (7.1–29.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (8.6–23.6%)
  • Depression: 26.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Jackson city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

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