Epworth United Methodist Church
Epworth United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Fort Dodge, IA 50501. It is one of 59 churches in Fort Dodge, and one of 5 Methodist congregations in the city.
Fort Dodge, IA, 50501Epworth United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 742 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Iowa — 25,370 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 Epworth United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Food Insecurity: 20.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
- Poverty Rate: 17.8% (11.6–24.0%)
- Diabetes: 14.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Fort Dodge city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 367 residents.
Churches near Epworth United Methodist Church
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Rosary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Memorial Church of God and Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Agape Kdm Church — 0.9 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Redemption Church — 0.9 mi away
- Mission Followers of Jesus Christ — 1 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Coppin Chapel - African Methodist Episcopal — 1.4 mi away
- Riverside United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
- United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away in Otho, IA