Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Park Avenue Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Des Moines, IA 50315. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 12 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50315Park Avenue Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 289 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Iowa — 11,639 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 Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.6%
- Obesity: 37.1%
- Unemployment: 6.6% (1.2–12.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Park Avenue Presbyterian Church
- Park Avenue Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.5 mi away
- Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses Southern Hills Congregation — 0.6 mi away
- Full Gospel Voice Church — 0.7 mi away
- Southside Church of the Nazarene — 0.9 mi away
- First Unitarian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Changed Life Ministries — 1 mi away
- Open Bible Churches — 1 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 1.1 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Fort Des Moines Presbyterian Church — 1.9 mi away
- Central Presbyterian Church — 3 mi away
- Cottage Grove Church — 3.1 mi away
- First Arabic Presbyterian Church — 3.1 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 3.7 mi away