First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Clarksdale, MS 38614. It is one of 93 churches in Clarksdale, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.

Clarksdale, MS, 38614

Shares a ministry location with Clarksdale United Methodist Church.

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 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 60.0% (40.6–79.4%)
  • Obesity: 47.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.2% (18.8–41.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.5%
  • Diabetes: 22.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Unemployment: 13.3% (4.6–22.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (8.4–19.9%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1% (10.8–17.9%)

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

Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.

Churches near First United Methodist Church

More Methodist churches nearby

See all churches in Clarksdale, MS · All churches in Mississippi