First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a church at 1124 5th Avenue in Huntington, WV 25701. It is one of 157 churches in Huntington.
1124 5th Avenue, Huntington, WV, 25701Website: http://www.firstunitedmethodist.com/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- Food Pantry
- Christmas Missions
- Porta-Pot Ministry
- City Mission Dinner
- Nicaragua Mission Trip
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Obesity: 49.8%
- Poverty Rate: 48.6%
- Depression: 35.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
- Food Insecurity: 30.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.8%
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Unemployment: 8.6% (1.4–16.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- Fifth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Redemption Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church (OPC) — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Missio Dei Church — 0.3 mi away