First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 400 North Fredonia Street in Longview, TX 75601. It is one of 234 churches in Longview, and one of 9 Methodist congregations in the city.

We are a beacon of hope for all, so that all may live in and share God’s love.

400 North Fredonia Street, Longview, TX, 75601

Service times

  • Sunday 8:30am · morning worship schedule

First United Methodist 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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Latest from FUMC Longview's YouTube channel: Ricky Summer Sunday School | August 2, 2026 (all videos).

The community around First United Methodist 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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 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.

  • Child Poverty: 42.0% (28.3–55.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 33.7% (24.7–42.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.4%
  • Diabetes: 18.1%
  • Obesity: 43.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.9% (20.2–39.6%)
  • Depression: 23.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Longview city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.

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