First Methodist Church

First Methodist Church is a church in Waycross, GA 31501. It is one of 110 churches in Waycross.

Wesley and the early Methodists were particularly concerned about inviting people to experience God’s grace and to grow in their knowledge and love of God through disciplined Christian living.

Waycross, GA, 31501

First Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Methodist Church

  • Service and Mission

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The community around First Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 49.5%
  • Social Isolation: 42.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.5% (22.8–50.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
  • Diabetes: 23.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.8% (11.0–28.5%)
  • Unemployment: 10.5% (2.0–19.1%)
  • Child Poverty: 26.4% (10.9–41.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Waycross city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 161 residents.

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