First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church in Galveston, TX 77550. It is one of 125 churches in Galveston.
Galveston, TX, 77550First 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.9%
- Poverty Rate: 19.3% (11.6–27.0%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.2–21.1%)
- Diabetes: 14.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.4–10.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Galveston city is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 602 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- First Latin Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica — 0.1 mi away
- Galveston Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- Assumption Church — 0.1 mi away
- Unida Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Living God Galveston Downtown — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- First Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- William Temple Episcopal Center — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 2.7 mi away
- Emmanuel Presbyterian Church — 2.8 mi away
- Tiki Island Chapel — 7.3 mi away in Tiki Island, TX
- First Presbyterian Church — 9.4 mi away in Texas City, TX
- First Presbyterian Church — 9.4 mi away in Texas City, TX