First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in East Peoria, IL 61611. It is one of 45 churches in East Peoria, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of Peoria and the world.
I believe you'll find us to be a place where you can find the love and grace of Jesus, and the encouragement of a church family and friends.
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East Peoria, IL, 61611First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,033 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Illinois — 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.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Loaves & Fish
- Buddy Ministries
- GriefShare
- ESL Classes
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Social Isolation: 33.6%
- Obesity: 38.1%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Peoria city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 463 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Greater Peoria House of Prayer — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peter's Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Encounter. — 0.8 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Last Harvest Ministries — 1 mi away
- Victory Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Community Worship Center — 1 mi away
- Church of God Holiness — 1.1 mi away in Creve Coeur, IL
More Methodist churches nearby
- Free Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bethel United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away in Peoria, IL
- First United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away in Peoria, IL
- Faith United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
- Ward Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2.5 mi away in Peoria, IL
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