First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a church in West Frankfort, IL 62896. It is one of 39 churches in West Frankfort.

West Frankfort, IL, 62896

First 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.

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The community around First United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

Unemployment: 16.2% (3.4–29.0%)
Obesity: 44.8%
Social Isolation: 35.1%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
Poverty Rate: 25.1% (14.8–35.3%)
Food Insecurity: 24.1%
Diabetes: 15.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
Depression: 25.8%
Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

West Frankfort city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 385 residents.

Churches near First United Methodist Church

First Church of God — 0.1 mi away
Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Harvest Field Church — 0.3 mi away
Glad Tidings Church — 0.3 mi away
Grace Baptist Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Third Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Trinity Full Gospel Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

Central United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
Trinity United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
First United Methodist Church of Johnston City — 5.6 mi away in Johnston City, IL
First United Methodist Church — 6.8 mi away in Benton, IL
Herrin Free Methodist Church — 7.1 mi away in Herrin, IL

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