First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 629 Kansas City Street in Rapid City, SD 57701. It is one of 109 churches in Rapid City, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
We believe that every individual is a valuable member of our community, deserving of acceptance and understanding.
629 Kansas City Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701Service times
07:15,08:00,09:30,11:00 (as listed)
Phone: (605) 342-4498 · Website: http://www.rapidcityfirst.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 81 congregations of the Methodist family gather across South Dakota — 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 First United Methodist Church Rapid City's YouTube channel: Traditional service September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (13.6–32.4%)
- Obesity: 37.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.8%
- Poverty Rate: 21.6% (11.2–31.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rapid City city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 2,549 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Common Ground Church CMA — 0 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emmanuel Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Women's Ministry of the Foundry — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Science Reading Room — 0.2 mi away
- Rimrock Church Exchange — 0.2 mi away
- Rimrock Downtown — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Open Heart United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Knollwood Heights United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Canyon Lake United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
- Freedom Motorcycle Church — 3.6 mi away
- Rapid Valley United Methodist — 5 mi away
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