First Congregational Church

Ministries at First Congregational Church

• House of Compassion
• Guzman Ministries
• My Kinsmen Ministries

The community around First Congregational Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 48.0%
• Social Isolation: 33.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Food Insecurity: 23.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Child Poverty: 22.6% (8.2–37.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.6% (11.7–25.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
• Diabetes: 14.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%

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

Marshalltown city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 533 residents.

Churches near First Congregational Church

• Central Christian Church — 0 mi away
• Vinyard Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Elm Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Salvation Army Citadel — 0.2 mi away
• St. Francis of Assisi Marshalltown — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethany United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Marshalltown Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away