First Christian Church

Ministries at First Christian Church

• Ability Ministry
• Grundy Mountain Mission School
• Christian Student Fellowship
• Shiloh Christian Children's Ranch
• Smoky Mountain Christian Camp
• Johnson University
• Carolina Christian College
• Blessing Box
• Food Pantry

The community around First Christian Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of adults here carry depression, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 47.7% (31.6–63.8%)
• Depression: 32.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 41.7%
• Poverty Rate: 24.4% (17.7–31.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

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

Newport city is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 184 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
• Newport Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Church of Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• New Zion AME Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
• Riverview Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Northport Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Episcopal Church of the Annunciation — 0.7 mi away