Central United Methodist Church

Central United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 301 Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, WV 26554. It is one of 108 churches in Fairmont, and one of 2 United Methodist congregations in the city.

Church can happen anywhere. It happens when we create learning opportunities that transform lives. It happens when we create safe environments where children can play and learn. It happens when education makes the path to citizenship a little easier. And when our sacrifices help nourish students’ mi

Wheelchair accessible

301 Fairmont Avenue, Fairmont, WV, 26554

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am

Phone: (304) 366-3351 · Website: http://www.cumcwv.org/

Central United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 687 congregations of the Methodist family gather across West Virginia — 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 CUMC Fairmont's YouTube channel: 10th Sunday after Pentecost (all videos).

The community around Central United Methodist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults here carry depression, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 46.8%
  • Depression: 33.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.9% (20.5–41.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 25.6%
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Diabetes: 17.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (6.5–19.7%)
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (1.3–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Fairmont city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 449 residents.

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