First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Marion, OH 43302. It is one of 114 churches in Marion, and one of 11 Methodist congregations in the city.
With a profound respect for scripture, a heart for mission, and above all a desire to truly exhibit the welcome, love, and mercy of Jesus, we seek to engage those around us in a way that transforms the world by inviting others into a life of discipleship.
Marion First United Methodist Church has been a staple in Marion since the 1800s.
Marion, OH, 43302Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,596 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Ohio — 25,985 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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Latest from Marion First UMC's YouTube channel: September 13, 2026 - Sunday Service (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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: 46.2%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Depression: 30.2%
- Unemployment: 11.4% (2.6–20.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (8.3–31.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.7%
- Diabetes: 14.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Marion city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 786 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- Prospect Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- MarionNaz — 0.1 mi away
- Maranatha Bible Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lifepoint Church - Marion — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Harvest Community Church — 0.2 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Prospect Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Epworth United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Quinn Chapel American Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away