First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand 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.

• Poverty Rate: 31.3% (20.5–42.2%)
• Diabetes: 19.2%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 32.9%
• Depression: 31.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Food Insecurity: 19.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Christian Church

• Faith Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
• Our Saviour Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Matthew Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Praise Cathedral — 0.9 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Ravenswood Church of Nazarene — 1.1 mi away