Athens First United Methodist Church
Athens First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 327 North Lumpkin Street in Athens, GA 30601. It is one of 120 churches in Athens, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
327 North Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA, 30601Phone: +1-706-543-1442 · Website: https://athensfirstumc.org/
Athens First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Athens First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 3 in 4 the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 87.2%
- Poverty Rate: 73.8%
- Social Isolation: 44.8%
- Food Insecurity: 32.4% (24.2–41.1%)
- Depression: 31.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
- Unemployment: 11.9% (1.1–23.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3% (11.7–21.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.
Churches near Athens First United Methodist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away in Athens-Clarke County, GA
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redeemer Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Athens-Clarke County, GA
- Windborne Church - Athens, GA — 0.3 mi away
- Athens Vineyard Church — 0.4 mi away
- Phoenix Community of Athens — 0.4 mi away in Athens-Clarke County, GA