First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a church in Abilene, TX 79602. It is one of 211 churches in Abilene.
Abilene, TX, 79602First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,579 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Texas — 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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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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): 29.6% (20.8–38.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.0%
- Obesity: 40.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
- Poverty Rate: 24.4% (14.8–34.0%)
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Depression: 23.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Abilene city is served by 114 churches — about one congregation for every 1,038 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Restoration Church of Abilene — 0 mi away
- Abilene Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Shining Star Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
- Covenant of Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Abilene — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- International Baptist Church of Abilene — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Point Church — 0.4 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Central Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- St Paul United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- United Methodist Church - Plum Street — 0.7 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Bethel United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away