First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Huntington, WV 25702. It is one of 186 churches in Huntington.

Huntington, WV, 25702

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 102 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across West Virginia — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around First Church of the Nazarene

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 49.7% (31.1–68.3%)
  • Obesity: 47.4%
  • Depression: 35.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.0% (20.2–41.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
  • Social Isolation: 39.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
  • Diabetes: 15.4%
  • Unemployment: 11.7% (5.7–17.7%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.

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