Where is First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines located?

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines is at 8250 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA, 50131-8805.

What time are services at First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines?

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines?

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines in Johnston, IA is a Baptist church. It is one of 2 Baptist congregations in Johnston.

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines is a Baptist church at 8250 NW 62nd Ave in Johnston, IA 50131-8805. It is one of 15 churches in Johnston, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

In keeping with our mission, “Lighting the way to life by centering people on Christ,” we exist to reach out and help people who are seeking to find, renew, or strengthen a relationship with Jesus.

Wheelchair accessible

8250 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, IA, 50131-8805

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (515) 243-8161 · Website: http://www.fbcdsm.org/

Shares a ministry location with First Baptist Church.

First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 596 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Iowa — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines

Within about a mile of this church, 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 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.

Social Isolation: 30.2%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Baptist Church of Greater Des Moines

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