First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United_methodist church at 399 Old River Road in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706. It is one of 80 churches in Wilkes-Barre, and one of 4 United_methodist congregations in the city.
399 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18706First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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: 39.9%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
- Poverty Rate: 17.0% (7.4–26.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Living Hope Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- City Light Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Episcopal Church of St. Clement and St. Peter — 0.3 mi away
- Wyoming Valley Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Baptist Tabernacle — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Mary Antiochian Orthodox — 0.6 mi away
- New Covenant Christian Fellowship Church — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Un Dia en su Presencia — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Christ United Presbyterian — 0.7 mi away