First Church of God
First Church of God is a Church Of God church at 4201 E. Douglas Ave in Des Moines, IA 50317. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines.
Helping People Live Jesus Promised Future Now!
At First Church of God, we invite you to experience God's unconditional love, acceptance, and forgiveness, regardless of your past actions or current circumstances.
4201 E. Douglas Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50317Service times
- Sunday 10am · morning Kids' Church after
Phone: (515) 265-2270 · Website: http://www.fcogdm.org/
First Church of God is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 216 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Iowa — 16,682 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
Ministries at First Church of God
- KIDZ Church
- Nursery
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The community around First Church of God
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 43.0% (28.1–58.0%)
- Obesity: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 36.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
- Food Insecurity: 23.2%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (1.7–15.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.1% (11.6–30.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.6%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 First Church of God
- Hope Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Lutheran Church for the Deaf — 0.2 mi away
- Evangel Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Evangelical Chapel - Foursquare Church — 0.3 mi away
- Eastside Evangelical Free Church — 0.4 mi away
- Freedom Church — 0.4 mi away
- COMMUNITY Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Experience Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Testament Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Evangel Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Experience Church — 0.5 mi away
- Cornerstone Pentecostal Church — 1.6 mi away
- Experience Church — 1.9 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal Salem — 2.1 mi away