First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a church at 511 South Oak Street in Springfield, TN 37172. It is one of 82 churches in Springfield.

the constant that's remained is our devotion to Jesus and sharing the good news of his Gospel: the redeeming love of God for all of creation.

Springfield First United Methodist Church is one of the historical churches of Methodism--and indeed of any sort or denomination--in our area, founded less than 20 years after the city of Springfield itself.

511 South Oak Street, Springfield, TN, 37172

Service times

  • Sunday 9am · morning for two inspiring worship offerings We gather
  • Thursday 6:45am

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,082 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Tennessee — 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 FUMCSpringfield's YouTube channel: LIVE Morning Worship - Sunday, September 13, 2026 16th Sunday after Pentecost (all videos).

The community around First United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.2% (18.7–39.7%)
  • Obesity: 44.1%
  • Depression: 27.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.8% (13.3–32.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.0%
  • Diabetes: 16.9%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (2.5–13.9%)
  • Child Poverty: 24.9% (6.2–43.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Springfield city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,256 residents.

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