Central United Methodist Church
Central United Methodist Church is a United_methodist church at 65 Academy Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. It is one of 80 churches in Wilkes-Barre, and one of 4 United_methodist congregations in the city.
65 Academy Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18702Website: http://www.centralumcwb.org/
Central United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Find Central United Methodist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Central United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.7%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (12.6–28.2%)
- Unemployment: 7.2% (2.3–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near Central United Methodist Church
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Nueva Jerusalem — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Albright United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Paso de Fe — 0.4 mi away
- St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away