First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Covington, VA 24426. It is one of 39 churches in Covington, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.

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Covington, VA, 24426

Shares a ministry location with Covington Wesleyan Church.

First Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Methodist Church

  • Children & Youth Ministry
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Emergency/Crisis
  • Healthy Tilghman
  • Helping Hands
  • Methodist Women
  • Methodist Men
  • Prevention/Healthy Living
  • Resource Partners

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The community around First 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 a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 42.0%
  • Social Isolation: 35.7%
  • Child Poverty: 35.7% (18.6–52.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.3% (16.4–34.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.5%
  • Diabetes: 17.5%
  • Depression: 25.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Covington city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 286 residents.

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