First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a church in San Benito, TX 78586. It is one of 45 churches in San Benito.
San Benito, TX, 78586First 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 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: 37.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.9% (18.4–31.4%)
- Diabetes: 20.0%
- Obesity: 42.2%
- Poverty Rate: 29.8% (17.1–42.5%)
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.6–12.3%)
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 Presbyterian Church
- All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Resaca City Church — 0.1 mi away
- San Benito Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Cross Community Development Corporation — 0.2 mi away
- The Collective Church of RGV — 0.3 mi away
- The Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Table Church, San Benito — 0.3 mi away
- St John Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
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- Covenant Church — 7 mi away in Harlingen, TX
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- Primera Iglesia Presbiteriana Mexicana — 17.6 mi away in Brownsville, TX
- First Presbyterian Church — 22.4 mi away in Weslaco, TX