First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Herrin, IL 62948. It is one of 28 churches in Herrin, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
Herrin, IL, 62948First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 43.2%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Poverty Rate: 22.8% (14.2–31.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.1%
- Child Poverty: 28.4% (12.0–44.8%)
- Depression: 25.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Herrin city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 529 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.4 mi away
- Hurricane Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- First Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.5 mi away