Gadsden First United Methodist Church
Gadsden First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 115 South 5th Street in Gadsden, AL 35901. It is one of 185 churches in Gadsden, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
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115 South 5th Street, Gadsden, AL, 35901Phone: +1 256-543-8200 · Website: http://www.fumcgadsden.org/
Gadsden First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Gadsden First United Methodist Church
- Workshops and Classes
- Children's Classes
- Missions
- Service Opportunities
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The community around Gadsden First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 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.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 84.9%
- Obesity: 50.2%
- Poverty Rate: 35.5% (23.8–47.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
- Food Insecurity: 34.2%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
- Unemployment: 12.2% (3.2–21.1%)
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (9.8–25.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.
Churches near Gadsden First United Methodist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cornerstone Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gadsden Vineyard Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Sweet Home Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Henry Street Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Science Society Church — 0.5 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter — 0.5 mi away