First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 208 Hobbs Street West in Athens, AL 35611. It is one of 146 churches in Athens, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
208 Hobbs Street West, Athens, AL, 35611Shares a ministry location with Athens First Methodist Church.
First 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 41.6%
- Social Isolation: 36.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Food Insecurity: 20.9%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (11.1–29.2%)
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (6.6–20.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Athens city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 693 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Athens First Methodist Church — 0 mi away
- Limestone County Churches Involved — 0 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Market Street Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Timothy Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Madison Street Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Oasis: Christ's Church at Athens — 0.6 mi away
- Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away