Salvation Army Church

Salvation Army Church is a church in Council Bluffs, IA 51503. It is one of 119 churches in Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs, IA, 51503

Shares a ministry location with The House of Prayer CB.

Salvation Army Church is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 106 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Iowa — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around Salvation Army Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 45.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 28.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.0% (14.2–35.9%)
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%

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

Council Bluffs city is served by 72 churches — about one congregation for every 791 residents.

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