First United Methodist Church of La Porte Church
First United Methodist Church of La Porte Church is a Methodist church in La Porte, TX 77571. It is one of 40 churches in La Porte, and one of 2 Methodist congregations in the city.
La Porte, TX, 77571First United Methodist Church of La Porte Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,558 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Texas — 25,370 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 of La Porte Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.1% (10.7–23.4%)
- Obesity: 37.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (2.6–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
La Porte city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 1,559 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church of La Porte Church
- Life Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Second Baptist Church of La Porte — 0.7 mi away
- Spencer Park Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- St James Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Creekmont Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Christ Redeemer Lutheran — 1.2 mi away in Deer Park, TX
- Fairmont Park Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Underwood Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Cornerstone Church Ministries — 1.7 mi away in Pasadena, TX
- Bethel Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Deer Park, TX
More Methodist churches nearby
- Deer Park United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Deer Park, TX
- Asbury United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Pasadena, TX
- Deer Park United Methodist Church — 3.8 mi away in Deer Park, TX
- Saint Mark United Methodist Church — 4 mi away
- Golden Acres United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away in Pasadena, TX