Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Collegiate Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church at 159 Sheldon Avenue in Ames, IA 50014. It is one of 61 churches in Ames, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
159 Sheldon Avenue, Ames, IA, 50014Collegiate Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 289 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Iowa — 11,638 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.
- Poverty Rate: 49.2%
- Social Isolation: 43.3%
- Food Insecurity: 20.1%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (4.1–12.9%)
- Depression: 26.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Ames city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,594 residents.
Churches near Collegiate Presbyterian Church
- New Birth Baptist Church - Ames, IA — 0 mi away
- Lighthouse Campus Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Collegiate United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Community of Christ Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. John's by the Campus Episcopal Church of Ames — 0.4 mi away
- St. Andrew's Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames — 0.5 mi away
- Lutheran Church of Hope Ames — 0.5 mi away
- Memorial Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- International Outreach Inc — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Northminster Presbyterian Church — 1.7 mi away
- Central Presbyterian Church — 10.3 mi away in Nevada, IA
- First Presbyterian Church — 12.1 mi away in Boone, IA
- First Presbyterian Church — 16.1 mi away in Maxwell, IA
- McCallsburg Presbyterian Church — 16.8 mi away in McCallsburg, IA