Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church is a church in Des Moines, IA 50317. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines.
Des Moines, IA, 50317Saint Mark's Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 68 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Iowa — 6,341 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
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The community around Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 36.4%
- Food Insecurity: 20.1%
- Obesity: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
- Diabetes: 13.7%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (1.4–12.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), 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 Saint Mark's Episcopal Church
- Capitol Hill Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Casa de Yeshua — 0.4 mi away
- Experience Church — 0.4 mi away
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Bible Church — 0.6 mi away
- Evangelical Covenant Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grandview Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia BETEL — 0.6 mi away
- Eastwood Church of the Open Bible — 0.8 mi away
- Trinity Life Church of God — 0.8 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul — 3.8 mi away
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church — 4.9 mi away
- Saint Aidan's Anglican Church — 5.9 mi away
- Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church — 6.3 mi away