First Church of God in Christ
First Church of God in Christ is a church in Temple, TX 76501. It is one of 118 churches in Temple.
We are a church that believes in Prayer, Praise, Purpose and the Power of God and strive to impact one person at a time!
Temple, TX, 76501Service times
- Wednesday 7pm · Bible Study -
First Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,773 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Texas — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around First Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 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.
- Obesity: 50.6%
- Child Poverty: 49.2% (29.6–68.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Poverty Rate: 31.2% (19.2–43.2%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.2% (13.8–30.7%)
- Diabetes: 21.3%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (1.3–15.4%)
- Depression: 25.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Temple city is served by 53 churches — about one congregation for every 1,319 residents.
Churches near First Church of God in Christ
- Wayman Chapel AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- Corinth Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Free Church of God in Christ in Jesus Name — 0.2 mi away
- Eighth Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Temple Word Of Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Church — 0.3 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ Crestview — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Free Church of God in Christ in Jesus Name — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Zion Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- New Life Assembly Of God — 1.1 mi away
- Christ Gospel Church — 1.7 mi away
- Midway United Pentecostal Church — 4.2 mi away