Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 1160 San Bernard St. in Austin, TX 78702. It is one of 611 churches in Austin, and one of 19 Methodist congregations in the city.
We are a "Welcoming Congregation" that embraces all sincere seekers regardless of factors that may hinder them elsewhere.
Wesley United Methodist Church was founded on March 4, 1865 by newly freed slaves ("Freedmen") following the passage of President Lincoln's life-changing "Emancipation Proclamation" in 1863.
Serving since 1865
1160 San Bernard St., Austin, TX, 78702Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (512) 478-7007 · Website: http://www.wesleyunited.org/
Wesley United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,580 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Texas — 25,989 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.
Ministries at Wesley United Methodist Church
- 55+ Senior Ministry
- Adult Ministry & Bible Study
- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Health & Wellness Ministry
- Mission & Outreach
- Music Ministry
- Dance Ministry
- Prayer Shawl Ministry
- Sunday School
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The community around Wesley United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. About 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 24.7%
- Poverty Rate: 20.6% (9.3–31.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (5.3–17.4%)
- Unemployment: 6.8% (1.6–12.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Austin city is served by 318 churches — about one congregation for every 2,992 residents.
Churches near Wesley United Methodist Church
- Church of God in Christ #1 — 0.1 mi away
- Olivet Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Cross Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- East Side at Austin Christian — 0.4 mi away
- South Austin Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Well Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Testament Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Simpson United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Austin — 1 mi away
- Wesley Foundation of Austin-Campus Ministry — 1.5 mi away
- University United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away