First United Methodist Church of Waco
First United Methodist Church of Waco is a Methodist church at 606 Willow Grove Rd, Waco, TX, 76712 in Waco, TX 76710. It is one of 284 churches in Waco, and one of 10 Methodist congregations in the city.
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First Methodist Church of Waco has a rich 175-year history. Over the years, we’ve fostered close-knit relationships with the Waco community and surrounding areas. We’re always expanding our ministry and growing our congregation to impact those around us for the Kingdom.
606 Willow Grove Rd, Waco, TX, 76712, Waco, TX, 76710Service times
Tuesday Night Gatherings | 7 pm (as listed)
Phone: (254) 772-5630 · Website: https://firstwaco.com/
First United Methodist Church of Waco 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 of Waco
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 nearly a quarter 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.
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.3%
- Diabetes: 14.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (5.2–17.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Waco city is served by 124 churches — about one congregation for every 1,084 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church of Waco
- Richfield Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Amistad Church — 0.5 mi away
- Waco Episcopal Youth Community Church — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Spirit Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Lakeshore Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Radiant Online Church — 0.7 mi away
- ZEO CHURCH — 0.7 mi away
- Grace Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away
- Community Fellowship Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Cogdell Memorial United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Hillside United Methodist Church Waco — 1.8 mi away
- Lake Shore United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
- St. Paul AME Church — 2.8 mi away
- Herring Avenue United Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away