First Wesleyan Church
First Wesleyan Church is a Wesleyan church at 1040 East Forest Avenue in Muskegon, MI 49442. It is one of 151 churches in Muskegon.
We are committed to building a diverse, spirit-led community of believers to impact every neighbor for Christ.
1040 East Forest Avenue, Muskegon, MI, 49442Phone: (231) 777-1040 · Website: http://www.muskfirstwes.com/
First Wesleyan Church is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 277 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Michigan — 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.
Ministries at First Wesleyan Church
- The Hope Project
- Muskegon Rescue Mission
- Community Recovery, International
- Adult & Teen Challenge
- Immigrant Connection
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The community around First Wesleyan Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.
- Obesity: 50.0%
- Food Insecurity: 27.8%
- Unemployment: 16.5% (8.7–24.4%)
- Social Isolation: 35.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Depression: 27.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Child Poverty: 28.3% (13.6–43.1%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
- Poverty Rate: 19.4% (11.4–27.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Muskegon city is served by 64 churches — about one congregation for every 603 residents.
Churches near First Wesleyan Church
- True Way Christina Ministry — 0.2 mi away
- Heaven's Gate Church — 0.2 mi away
- Evanston Avenue Church — 0.3 mi away
- Spirit Of Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethesda Baptist Church Parsonage — 0.4 mi away
- Ambassadors Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Timothy Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- God Owns This Company — 0.5 mi away
- Unity of Faith Community Church — 0.5 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- All Shores Wesleyan Church - Muskegon campus — 2.6 mi away
- Connection Point Church — 3.4 mi away in Muskegon charter township, MI
- Breakwater Church of the Nazarene — 3.7 mi away in Norton Shores, MI
- Friendship Wesleyan Church — 4.2 mi away in Muskegon charter township, MI
- All Shores Wesleyan Church - Spring Lake campus — 10.4 mi away in Spring Lake, MI