First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a church in Wheeling, WV 26003. It is one of 96 churches in Wheeling.
Wheeling, WV, 26003Find First Christian Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around First Christian Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Obesity: 47.8%
- Poverty Rate: 37.8% (24.9–50.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
- Depression: 32.8%
- Food Insecurity: 28.4%
- Diabetes: 20.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
- Unemployment: 7.9% (0.9–15.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
Wheeling city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 339 residents.
Churches near First Christian Church
- Saint Alphonsus Catholic Church — 0 mi away
- Saint John's United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Centre Wheeling Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Aldersgate United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away