James S. Thomas United Methodist Church
James S. Thomas United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in Canton, OH 44705. It is one of 225 churches in Canton, and one of 2 United Methodist congregations in the city.
Canton, OH, 44705James S. Thomas United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,576 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Ohio — 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 James S. Thomas United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 46.9%
- Food Insecurity: 25.7%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
- Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.4–38.0%)
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 11.1% (3.6–18.7%)
- Depression: 26.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Canton city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 977 residents.
Churches near James S. Thomas United Methodist Church
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
- True Light Christian Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Canton Freewill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith United Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Word of God Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Fairmount Park United Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Apostolic Believers In The Lord Jesus Christ — 0.9 mi away
- McKinley Wesleyan Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle Church of God — 1.1 mi away
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- McKinley Wesleyan Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- City Hope United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
- Calvary United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
- Bethel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 3 mi away