The Gateway Church
The Gateway Church is a Protestant church at 218 6th Avenue in Des Moines, IA 50309. It is one of 310 churches in Des Moines, and one of 2 Protestant congregations in the city.
The Gateway Church is a non-denominational church that holds to the authority of the Christian Scriptures for our life, love, and practice.
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218 6th Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 50309Service times
Sunday 10am (as listed)
Phone: (515) 216-4237 · Website: https://www.thegatewaychurch.com/
Ministries at The Gateway Church
- Gateway Kids
- Gateway Groups
- Gateway Hiking Club
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Watch
Latest from The Gateway Church's YouTube channel: November 8 Gathering (all videos).
The community around The Gateway Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 34.8%
- Poverty Rate: 19.6% (13.4–25.8%)
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 The Gateway Church
- Saint Ambrose Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Downtown Disciples — 0.5 mi away
- Burns United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Walnut Creek Church - Downtown — 0.7 mi away
- Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Downtown Disciples — 0.8 mi away
- Capitol Hill Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away