First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Salem, VA 24153. It is one of 85 churches in Salem, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
At First United Methodist Church you can find many different ways to participate in the fellowship of members.
Salem, VA, 24153Service times
- Sunday 8:45am
Phone: (540) 389-5144 · Website: http://www.fumcsalemva.org/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 970 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Virginia — 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.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Adult Ministry
- Men's Morning Bible Study
- Women of Faith
- Youth Ministry
- Sunday School Classes
- Youth Group Social and Service Events
- Confirmation Classes
- Mission Trips
- Youth Retreats
- Senior Ministry
- SKY - Seniors Keeping Young
- Children's Ministry
Find First United Methodist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
Watch
Latest from First United Methodist Church Salem, VA's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship September 13, 2026 - The Flood and a Promise (all videos).
The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.
- Social Isolation: 34.4%
- Depression: 25.0%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Salem city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 874 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Salem Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Cave — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel Church — 0.2 mi away
- John Wesley Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salem Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Salem Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- College Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- John Wesley Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Evangelical Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Riverside Evangelical Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Fairview United Methodist Church — 3.4 mi away in Roanoke, VA