First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 163 East Wheeling Street in Lancaster, OH 43130. It is one of 74 churches in Lancaster.
163 East Wheeling Street, Lancaster, OH, 43130Phone: +1-740-653-3330 · Website: https://love-first.org
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Local Missions
- Global Missions
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 12.8% (6.3–19.4%)
- Social Isolation: 34.9%
- Depression: 29.6%
- Obesity: 39.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.2% (12.1–28.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 17.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (5.7–21.3%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Lancaster city is served by 48 churches — about one congregation for every 733 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Emanuel Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Johns Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peter Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption — 0.2 mi away
- Mills Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Covenant Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- City of Life — 0.2 mi away
- First English Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- WorldFire Lancaster — 0.3 mi away