Where is First United Church of Christ located?

First United Church of Christ is at 611 Columbia Street, Burlington, IA, 52601.

What denomination is First United Church of Christ?

First United Church of Christ in Burlington, IA is a United Church Of Christ church.

What events are coming up at First United Church of Christ?

First United Church of Christ has 5 upcoming events on its public calendar, including Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church, Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations, Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything?.

First United Church of Christ

First United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 611 Columbia Street in Burlington, IA 52601. It is one of 70 churches in Burlington.

Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish

611 Columbia Street, Burlington, IA, 52601

Phone: +1-319-754-4807 · Website: https://www.ucc.org/church/first-united-church-of-christ-42/

First United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 106 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Iowa — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.

Find First United Church of Christ on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

Upcoming events at First United Church of Christ

Thu, Aug 6 · 3:30 PM: Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church — Zoom
Tue, Aug 11 · 4 PM: Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations — Zoom
Wed, Aug 12 · 1 PM: Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything? — Zoom
Thu, Aug 13 · 3:30 PM: Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself — Zoom
Wed, Aug 19 · 3 PM: Money, Ministry, and Meaning: Financial Wellness as an Act of Pastoral Self-care — Zoom

From First United Church of Christ's public calendar (https://www.ucc.org/church/first-united-church-of-christ-42/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around First United Church of Christ

Within about a mile of this church, 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 about 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: 37.6% (17.9–57.2%)
Social Isolation: 34.8%
Obesity: 37.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
Poverty Rate: 21.2% (12.3–30.0%)
Food Insecurity: 17.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Burlington city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 484 residents.

Churches near First United Church of Christ

First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Zion United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
Gratia.church — 0.2 mi away
Saint Pauls Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
Crossroads Community Church — 0.2 mi away
Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away

More Congregational churches nearby

Zion United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
Saint Luke United Church of Christ — 1.2 mi away
Saint Paul United Church of Christ — 3 mi away in West Burlington, IA

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