First Church of the Nazarene
First Church of the Nazarene is a church in San Benito, TX 78586. It is one of 45 churches in San Benito.
San Benito, TX, 78586First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 187 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Texas — 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 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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: 40.3% (20.7–60.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 38.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.4% (18.8–32.0%)
- Diabetes: 20.2%
- Obesity: 42.2%
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (17.3–42.6%)
- Unemployment: 6.8% (1.6–12.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
San Benito city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 3,292 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Nazarene
- Resaca City Church — 0.1 mi away
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Cross Community Development Corporation — 0.2 mi away
- The Collective Church of RGV — 0.2 mi away
- The Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- San Benito Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- The Table Church, San Benito — 0.4 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- First Church of the Nazarene — 6.7 mi away in Harlingen, TX
- First Church of the Nazarene — 13 mi away in Brownsville, TX
- Living Water Church of the Nazarene — 20.9 mi away in Progreso, TX
- Church of the Nazarene — 22.5 mi away in Weslaco, TX