First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 201 South Hill Avenue in El Dorado, AR 71730. It is one of 163 churches in El Dorado, and one of 10 Methodist congregations in the city.
Our Mission is to Make Disciples of Jesus Christ for the Transformation of the World
201 South Hill Avenue, El Dorado, AR, 71730Service times
- Sunday 8:50am
Phone: (870) 862-1341 · Website: http://www.eldoradofirstchurch.com/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 543 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Arkansas — 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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Latest from FUMC El Dorado's YouTube channel: Sunday September 13, 2026; 10:50am Service (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
- Food Insecurity: 31.7%
- Diabetes: 18.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
- Obesity: 43.3%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Poverty Rate: 27.5% (15.2–39.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 6.0% (1.2–10.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
El Dorado city is served by 73 churches — about one congregation for every 154 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- 2fifty2 Student Ministry — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Redeemer Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Marys Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of God — 0.5 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Paul United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Christ Church of El Dorado — 1.7 mi away
- St. Mark United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Dumas Memorial United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away
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