Epworth United Methodist Church
Epworth United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Des Moines, IA 50313. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 24 Methodist congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50313Epworth United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 743 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Iowa — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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The community around Epworth United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
- Food Insecurity: 23.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.6%
- Diabetes: 13.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Epworth United Methodist Church
- Highland Park Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- All Saints Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Northridge Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Highland Park Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Eden Church — 0.4 mi away
- Our Saviour Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Team Jesus of Iowa — 0.5 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Miller United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Korean United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Union Park Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Trinity Las Americas United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Burns United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away