First United Methodist Church of Oxford
First United Methodist Church of Oxford is a United Methodist church in Oxford, AL 36203. It is one of 52 churches in Oxford, and one of 2 United Methodist congregations in the city.
Oxford, AL, 36203First United Methodist Church of Oxford is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,361 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Alabama — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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The community around First United Methodist Church of Oxford
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 25.5%
- Obesity: 40.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Diabetes: 17.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
- Depression: 23.7%
- Poverty Rate: 19.5% (9.9–29.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Oxford city is served by 30 churches — about one congregation for every 260 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church of Oxford
- Dodson Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Oxford — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Hobson City, AL
- Oxford Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away in Hobson City, AL
- Welcome Chapel Church — 0.5 mi away in Hobson City, AL
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Rising Star Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away in Hobson City, AL
- Lakeview Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Rising Star Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away in Hobson City, AL
- Gaines Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2.4 mi away in Anniston, AL
- First Congregational Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away in Anniston, AL
- The Living Church — 2.6 mi away in Anniston, AL
- Bible Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away in Anniston, AL