Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 2200 16th Avenue in Sterling, IL 61081. It is one of 37 churches in Sterling, and one of 5 Methodist congregations in the city.
Welcome to Sterling Wesley United Methodist Church! Rooted in the Sauk Valley area for over 150 years, we are a community of believers committed to sharing God’s love and serving others.
2200 16th Avenue, Sterling, IL, 61081Website: https://www.sterlingwesley.org/
Wesley United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Wesley 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Social Isolation: 32.5%
- Obesity: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Poverty Rate: 21.8% (13.1–30.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.3%
- Diabetes: 14.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sterling city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 505 residents.
Churches near Wesley United Methodist Church
- 16th Ave Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Abiding Word Church — 0.5 mi away
- Open Door Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Reformed Mennonite Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bethel Reformed Church — 0.8 mi away