Philippi United Methodist Church

Philippi United Methodist Church is a church in Philippi, WV 26416. It is one of 44 churches in Philippi.

Philippi, WV, 26416

Philippi 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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The community around Philippi United Methodist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Depression: 32.1%
  • Obesity: 41.1%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.9% (16.8–37.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
  • Unemployment: 8.7% (2.3–15.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 19.0%
  • Diabetes: 14.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Philippi city is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 889 residents.

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