First United Methodist Church

Ministries at First United Methodist Church

• Soup Kitchen Outreach
• The Believe Project

The community around First United Methodist Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 50.9%
• Food Insecurity: 39.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.3%
• Poverty Rate: 30.6% (21.7–39.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.3%
• Diabetes: 23.6%
• Unemployment: 20.8% (8.1–33.4%)
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (4.9–20.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Helena-West Helena city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 67 residents.

Churches near First United Methodist Church

• St. John's Episcopal Church — 0 mi away
• Abundant Life Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Helena, AR
• First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Carter Chapel — 0.2 mi away
• Centennial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in Helena, AR
• New Light Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Beautiful Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Helena, AR
• St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Helena, AR
• Galilee Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Helena, AR