First Congregational Church

Ministries at First Congregational Church

• A Touch of Brass
• Chancel Choir

The community around First Congregational 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 about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 48.7%
• Poverty Rate: 30.4% (19.4–41.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 29.9%
• Unemployment: 13.1% (2.7–23.5%)
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Child Poverty: 25.1% (8.8–41.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (5.0–17.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Waterloo city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.

Churches near First Congregational Church

• Jubilee United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
• Waterloo Baptist Temple — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• Trinity American Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• Koinonia Ministries Full Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iowa United Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bethel Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Christ Temple Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away