First United Methodist Church of Rensselaer
First United Methodist Church of Rensselaer is a Methodist church in Rensselaer, NY 12144. It is one of 20 churches in Rensselaer.
Rensselaer, NY, 12144First United Methodist Church of Rensselaer is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 943 congregations of the Methodist family gather across New York — 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.
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The community around First United Methodist Church of Rensselaer
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
- Obesity: 40.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
- Poverty Rate: 29.8% (20.0–39.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Unemployment: 8.6% (3.5–13.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.3%
- Diabetes: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Rensselaer city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 841 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church of Rensselaer
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Salvation Army Albany Area Services — 0.5 mi away in Albany, NY
- The Greater St. Johns Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away in Albany, NY
- Church of Saint Ann — 0.6 mi away in Albany, NY
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Albany, NY
- St John Church of God In Christ — 0.7 mi away in Albany, NY
- Evangelical Protestant Church — 0.7 mi away in Albany, NY
- Union Missionary Baptist — 0.7 mi away in Albany, NY
- Guiding Light Ministries International — 0.7 mi away in Albany, NY
More Methodist churches nearby
- Israel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away in Albany, NY
- Albany United Methodist Church — 2 mi away in Albany, NY
- Emmaus United Methodist Church — 3 mi away in Albany, NY
- First United Methodist Church — 3.9 mi away in East Greenbush, NY
- First United Methodist Church — 4.7 mi away in Delmar, NY
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