First United Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 805 East Denman Avenue in Lufkin, TX 75901. It is one of 110 churches in Lufkin.

For over 150 years, First United Methodist Church - Lufkin has impacted almost five full generations of not just Methodists, but the entire Lufkin area.

Serving since 1882

805 East Denman Avenue, Lufkin, TX, 75901

Phone: +1 936 639 3141 · Website: https://www.lufkinfirst.com/

First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First United Methodist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults 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.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.3%
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Obesity: 44.8%
  • Child Poverty: 30.7% (15.2–46.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 24.2% (14.5–33.9%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (12.4–26.5%)
  • Unemployment: 10.1% (2.1–18.1%)
  • Depression: 23.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Lufkin city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 2,018 residents.

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