First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Normal, IL 61761. It is one of 45 churches in Normal, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Connect all people with Jesus Christ.
Located by the campus of Illinois State University, we are home to the United Methodist Wesley Foundation (MERGE) campus ministry. However, we are more than a campus church. We are people of God serving the entire community with ministries that touch individuals of all ages and from many walks of life as we seek to fulfill the vision of the United Methodist Church of “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors.”
Normal, IL, 61761Website: https://normalfumc.org/
Shares a ministry location with Wesley Foundation Campus.
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
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.
- Poverty Rate: 69.3%
- Social Isolation: 46.0%
- Food Insecurity: 40.7%
- Depression: 32.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (3.7–13.2%)
- Obesity: 37.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Normal town is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 1,704 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Wesley Foundation Campus — 0 mi away
- Judson Baptist Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Encounter Campus Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- Wittenberg Lutheran Center — 0.3 mi away
- Cornerstone Church — 0.4 mi away
- St John Paul II Newman Center — 0.5 mi away
- Chapel of St. Robert Bellarmine — 0.5 mi away
- The Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Iglesia Celebracion — 0.9 mi away