About First United Methodist Church of Orange

United Methodist Church Mission Statement:
Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

First United Methodist Church of Orange Vision Statement:
We are a congregation filled with passionate disciples of Jesus Christ, who are:  
welcoming strangers as family,
nurturing family into Christian wholeness,
spending our whole selves in sacrifice and service to to others,
and worshiping God in Spirit and truth.
By grace we are "making the Word of God flesh" in downtown Orange and its surrounding communities.

History

Locally, our history begins with the Methodist Episcopal Society of Orange County in 1873. The First United Methodist Church of Orange sits, today, on property donated by Captain Henry Glassell in 1875. We were the first Methodist church to be commissioned in Orange County, California, and the first church of any denomination to be erected in what is now the city of Orange, California (then Richland, California). Today, we are the First United Methodist Church of Orange (FUMCO).