First Mennonite Church

First Mennonite Church is a church at 405 Myrtle Avenue in Iowa City, IA 52246. It is one of 72 churches in Iowa City.

In an era of mass marketing, uncontrolled consumerism, loneliness and growing violence, we are working to create a sense of community for ourselves and our neighbors, rooted in our Mennonite heritage yet moving with the contemporary world.

Wheelchair accessible

405 Myrtle Avenue, Iowa City, IA, 52246

Website: http://www.firstmennoniteiowacity.org/

First Mennonite Church is part of the Anabaptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Mennonite Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 33.7% (25.2–42.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 16.8% (12.5–21.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Iowa City city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 1,698 residents.

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