First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Harrisonburg, VA 22802. It is one of 103 churches in Harrisonburg, and one of 5 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Harrisonburg, VA, 22802First Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 523 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Virginia — 11,639 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 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Poverty Rate: 22.1% (14.6–29.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 21.4%
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
- Child Poverty: 22.6% (9.4–36.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.7–19.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (1.6–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Harrisonburg city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,362 residents.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Rise — 0.1 mi away
- Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of the Incarnation — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Otterbein United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Familiar Elyon — 0.2 mi away
- Community Mennonite Church — 0.2 mi away
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Muhlenberg Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Christ Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away in Harrisonburg City, VA
- Harrisonburg Korean Presbyterian Church — 2.5 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 2.9 mi away
- Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church — 3.6 mi away
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