First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Lexington, TN 38351. It is one of 27 churches in Lexington.
FUMC Lexington began its history with a small log church built in 1840 near Olive Branch in the northern part of the county. This was the first Methodist church in Henderson County.
Serving since 1943
Lexington, TN, 38351Website: http://fumclexington.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Food Pantry
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The community around First United Methodist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 29.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Unemployment: 9.1% (2.0–16.2%)
- Obesity: 39.5%
- Child Poverty: 22.6% (9.5–36.2%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (11.7–29.2%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (6.3–16.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Broad Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Crosspoint Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Beech Grove Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Keys Chapel United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away