First Christian Church
First Christian Church is a Protestant church at 2500 University Avenue in Des Moines, IA 50311. It is one of 341 churches in Des Moines, and one of 2 Protestant congregations in the city.
2500 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50311Phone: +1 515-255-2181 · Website: https://fccdm.org/
Shares a ministry location with Hope and Elim.
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The community around First Christian 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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 41.4% (22.1–60.7%)
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Poverty Rate: 33.7% (20.7–46.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 29.2%
- Obesity: 42.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
- Unemployment: 11.9% (6.1–17.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Depression: 24.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near First Christian Church
- Hope and Elim — 0 mi away
- St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church and Student Center — 0.2 mi away
- First Arabic Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cottage Grove Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Center — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios (Séptimo Día) — 0.3 mi away
- Sweet Home Deliverance Church — 0.4 mi away
- Living Water Evangelical Free Church — 0.4 mi away
- Basilica of Saint John — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away