First Church of Our Lord Jesus
First Church of Our Lord Jesus is a church in Newport News, VA 23607. It is one of 233 churches in Newport News.
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The community around First Church of Our Lord Jesus
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Obesity: 53.1%
- Child Poverty: 52.9% (35.0–70.7%)
- Social Isolation: 40.9%
- Food Insecurity: 39.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
- Poverty Rate: 34.0% (22.8–45.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 23.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 11.7% (6.4–17.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newport News city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 2,230 residents.
Churches near First Church of Our Lord Jesus
- Triumph Pentecostal Church of Deliverance — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Newport News Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Carver Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Mariah Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Moriah RZUA Church — 0.3 mi away
- Walters Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wesley Grove United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Augustine Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away