First United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Wheeling, WV 26003. It is one of 107 churches in Wheeling, and one of 6 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Wheeling, WV, 26003First United Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 165 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across West Virginia — 11,638 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 United Presbyterian 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 2,200 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: 49.3%
- Poverty Rate: 41.6% (27.9–55.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.1%
- Depression: 32.7%
- Food Insecurity: 31.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 21.7%
- Unemployment: 12.3% (2.6–22.4%)
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
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 United Presbyterian Church
- Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint Joseph — 0.1 mi away
- St. Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Harvester Church — 0.1 mi away
- Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Blue Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church God and Saints Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Third Presbyterian Church — 1.6 mi away
- Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away in Martins Ferry, OH
- Bethlehem United Presbyterian Church — 2.1 mi away in Bethlehem, WV
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