Simpson United Methodist Church
Simpson United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Des Moines, IA 50317. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 24 Methodist congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50317Website: https://www.simpsonumc-dm.org/
Simpson 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 Simpson United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
- Food Insecurity: 23.3%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (5.2–15.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Diabetes: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
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 Simpson United Methodist Church
- Marantha Open Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Fellowship Church — 0.1 mi away
- Poder y Gracia Des Moines — 0.2 mi away
- Grant Park Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Wesleyan Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- The Salvation Army Des Moines Citadel Worship and Service Center — 0.5 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lee Town Assembly Church — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesias Nazarenas en Iowa — 0.8 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Easton Place United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Union Park Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away