First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Searcy, AR 72143. It is one of 62 churches in Searcy, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.

Our mission at Searcy First is to GLORIFY God, GROW in full devotion to Jesus Christ, and to CONNECT the unconnected.

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Searcy, AR, 72143

Service times

  • Sunday 9am
  • Sunday 11am

Website: https://searcyfirst.org/

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

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The community around First Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Poverty Rate: 34.3% (21.2–47.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.3%
  • Depression: 29.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.4%
  • Obesity: 37.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% (1.6–10.8%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Searcy city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 416 residents.

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