First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Gainesville, TX 76240. It is one of 70 churches in Gainesville.
As Christians believing that all authority is given to Jesus by God and that Jesus has commanded First Presbyterian Church to fulfill His commission; therefore, we set as our focus: Telling the good news of salvation; participating in God's activity in the world as disciples; and learning and growin
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Gainesville, TX, 76240Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · worship Service starts
- Friday 10am · morning in parlor beginning
First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 643 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Texas — 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, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.6% (14.2–26.9%)
- Child Poverty: 31.8% (16.5–47.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
- Poverty Rate: 22.4% (13.5–31.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.4%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (3.5–15.1%)
- Obesity: 38.8%
- Depression: 24.5%
- Diabetes: 14.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Gainesville city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 202 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Journey Church of Gainesville — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Old Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Iglesia Bautista Fundamental De Gainesville — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First Presbyterian Church — 13.8 mi away in Whitesboro, TX