FIrst Wesleyan Church of Urbana
FIrst Wesleyan Church of Urbana is a Wesleyan church at 408 E Illinois St in Urbana, IL 61801. It is one of 64 churches in Urbana.
First Wesleyan exists to:* Glorify God and worship Him ONLY.* Communicate the Good News of God's Word to the unbeliever, leading him to God.* Provide encouragement in spiritual growth in believers.* Live out the Golden Rule.* Be a loving haven for those within and without our church.* Endeavor to spread the Gospel throughout the world.
408 E Illinois St, Urbana, IL, 61801Phone: (217) 367-4566 · Website: http://www.netministries.org/see/churches.exe/ch04413
FIrst Wesleyan Church of Urbana is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 204 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Illinois — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around FIrst Wesleyan Church of Urbana
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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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: 36.3%
- Poverty Rate: 29.7% (21.2–38.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near FIrst Wesleyan Church of Urbana
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- EmcChurch — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Webber Street Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Baha'i Center — 0.3 mi away
- Berean Covenant Church — 0.3 mi away
- CU Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Church of Faith — 0.3 mi away
- Urbana First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Souls Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- The Hope Community Church of the Nazarene — 1.2 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 14.3 mi away in Rantoul, IL
- Church of the Nazarene — 20.4 mi away in Monticello, IL
- Church of the Nazarene — 22.4 mi away in Tuscola, IL