First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 166 Poplar Avenue in Memphis, TN 38103. It is one of 1,532 churches in Memphis, and one of 26 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Founded on the vision that we are children of God serving ALL of God’s children. Since 1828, First Pres has been committed to love and to serve the Memphis community.
166 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN, 38103Phone: +1 901-525-5619 · Website: https://www.firstpresmemphis.org/
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 40.4%
- Poverty Rate: 27.3% (17.6–37.0%)
- Depression: 25.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
- Diabetes: 14.6%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (1.4–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Light of Glory International Church — 0.1 mi away
- Memphis Inner-City Outreach Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peter Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Downtown Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pioneer Church Memphis — 0.4 mi away
- Fellowship Memphis - Downtown — 0.4 mi away