Wesley United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Des Moines, IA 50316. It is one of 341 churches in Des Moines, and one of 22 Methodist congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50316Wesley United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Wesley United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 28.1%
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
- Poverty Rate: 22.1% (11.9–32.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
- Child Poverty: 23.7% (11.6–42.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.4% (6.8–22.0%)
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (1.5–14.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Wesley United Methodist Church
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Asian Church of the Open Bible — 0.2 mi away
- Elim Christian Fellowship of Des Moines — 0.3 mi away
- River of Life Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Evangelica Cristiana Espiritual — 0.3 mi away
- Evangelistic Missionary Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Divine Temple Church — 0.3 mi away
- Visitation Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Our Lady of The Americas — 0.4 mi away