Waynesboro First United Methodist Church
Waynesboro First United Methodist Church is a church in Waynesboro, MS 39367. It is one of 23 churches in Waynesboro.
Waynesboro, MS, 39367Waynesboro First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Waynesboro First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 48.9%
- Child Poverty: 45.2% (27.4–63.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 37.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 34.8% (22.8–46.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.3%
- Poverty Rate: 33.2% (20.9–45.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
- Diabetes: 21.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Unemployment: 10.7% (0.0–21.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Waynesboro city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 422 residents.
Churches near Waynesboro First United Methodist Church
- New West Point — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Waynesboro Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Bernadette Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Luke Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Maynor Creek Assembly Of God — 0.7 mi away
- Holiness Church of God Number 1 — 0.8 mi away
- Waynesboro, MS - The Pentecostal Church of God — 0.8 mi away