Welcome to First United Methodist Church in Gulfport, Mississippi.  Our congregation has been in ministry for over 110 years on the Mississippi gulf coast.  We celebrate our past, building on the incredible heritage of those who have been in ministry before us. 

Our sanctuary, built in the 1910s, is a beautiful place of worship that has stood through major storms along the Gulf Coast with relatively minor damage.  The angel in our banner above is from the STAINED GLASS DOME that covers our worship space. 

CLICK HERE for photos of the stained glass dome (circa 1910).

Today, we are in ministry throughout our community, along the coast, and around the world. 

Read more about our history here: history.

Everyone who follows Jesus Christ is a minister.  It is just who he calls us to be.
But we have set apart some folks for particular forms of ministry in the Church.  Get to know the Staff of First UMC here:  Staff.