First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a Church Of Christ church at 300 Railroad Ave in Appalachia, VA 24216. It is one of 6 churches in Appalachia.
Serving since 1934
300 Railroad Ave, Appalachia, VA, 24216Phone: +12765650257 · Website: https://christianstandard.com/places/first-christian-church-16/
First Christian Church is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 227 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Virginia — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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Upcoming events at First Christian Church
- Fri, Aug 7 · All day: Uncommon Men’s Conference 2026 Quincy — Crossing Church, 150 S 48th St, Quincy, IL, 62305, United States
- Sat, Aug 8 · All day: Cane Ridge Revival 225th Anniversary — Cane Ridge Meeting House, 1655 Cane Ridge Rd, Paris, KY, 40361, United States
- Wed, Aug 12 · All day: DiscipleShift 2026 Everett — Northshore Christian Church, 5700 23rd Dr W, Everett, WA, 98203, United States
- Fri, Aug 14 · All day: Polishing the Pulpit East 2026 — Sevierville Convention Center, 202 Gists Creek Rd, Sevierville, TN, 37876, United States
- Thu, Aug 20 · All day: Intentional Churches Alignment Workshop Zanesville — North Terrace Church of Christ, 1420 Brandywine Blvd, Zanesville, OH, 43701, United States
From First Christian Church's public calendar (https://christianstandard.com/places/first-christian-church-16/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around First Christian Church
It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Child Poverty: 45.4% (27.1–63.7%)
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Depression: 27.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
- Poverty Rate: 22.4% (13.4–31.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 16.3%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (2.6–14.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Christian Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Appalachia United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Harvest of Praise Church — 0.5 mi away
- Thee Church — 0.6 mi away
- Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Big Stone Gap, VA
- New Hope Assembly of God — 2.4 mi away in Big Stone Gap, VA
- Heritage Church of God — 2.4 mi away in Big Stone Gap, VA
- Bethesda Church of God — 2.5 mi away in Big Stone Gap, VA
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 2.6 mi away in Big Stone Gap, VA
More Restorationist churches nearby
- Pound Church of Christ — 15.2 mi away in Pound, VA
- Church of Christ — 21.3 mi away in Gate City, VA
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