Where is First Wayne Street United Methodist Church located?

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church is at 300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, IN, 46802.

What time are services at First Wayne Street United Methodist Church?

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Wayne Street United Methodist Church?

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne, IN is a Methodist church. It is one of 3 Methodist congregations in Fort Wayne.

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 300 E. Wayne St. in Fort Wayne, IN 46802. It is one of 361 churches in Fort Wayne, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.

to develop disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

300 E. Wayne St., Fort Wayne, IN, 46802

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (260) 422-4681 · Website: http://www.fwsumc.org/

First Wayne Street United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 618 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Indiana — 25,370 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 Wayne Street United Methodist Church

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The community around First Wayne Street 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 2,100 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: 44.8%
Social Isolation: 35.2%
Poverty Rate: 28.7% (15.1–42.3%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
Food Insecurity: 24.6%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
Depression: 26.9%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
Child Poverty: 23.3% (7.6–39.0%)
Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
Diabetes: 13.6%

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

Fort Wayne city is served by 114 churches — about one congregation for every 2,089 residents.

Churches near First Wayne Street United Methodist Church

Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception — 0.2 mi away
Old Landmark Church Of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
King's Chapel Assembly — 0.3 mi away
Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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The Spiritual Israel Church — 0.4 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

Broadway Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
Faith United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
Crescent Avenue United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
Trinity United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
Good Shepard Church — 3.4 mi away

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