What denomination is First United Methodist Church?

First United Methodist Church in Charleston, MS is a Methodist church.

First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Charleston, MS 38921. It is one of 34 churches in Charleston.

Charleston, MS, 38921

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 614 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Mississippi — 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.

Find First United Methodist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around First United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 47.5%
Food Insecurity: 36.5%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
Poverty Rate: 30.3% (18.9–41.7%)
Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
Diabetes: 22.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
Unemployment: 16.9% (7.2–26.6%)
Social Isolation: 39.2%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (9.5–23.5%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Charleston city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 409 residents.

Churches near First United Methodist Church

First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
Saint John Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
Saint John Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Abundant Harvest Church — 0.4 mi away
Church of God — 0.5 mi away
Charleston Church of God — 0.6 mi away
Bethlehem Church — 1.6 mi away
Paducah Well Church — 2.9 mi away

More Methodist churches nearby

Courtland United Methodist Church — 17.4 mi away in Courtland, MS
Eureka Springs Methodist Church — 19.5 mi away in Courtland, MS
Greater Powell Chapel — 20.9 mi away in Grenada, MS
First United Methodist Church — 21.1 mi away in Grenada, MS
Grenada First Methodist — 21.1 mi away in Grenada, MS

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