First United Church of Christ
First United Church of Christ is a church in Marshalltown, IA 50158. It is one of 56 churches in Marshalltown.
Marshalltown, IA, 50158First United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 106 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Iowa — 2,929 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
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The community around First United Church of Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 48.5%
- Food Insecurity: 28.2%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
- Child Poverty: 22.3% (8.6–36.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.1% (10.1–32.2%)
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
- Unemployment: 7.9% (1.9–13.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Marshalltown city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 533 residents.
Churches near First United Church of Christ
- Faith Assembly of God Church — 0.7 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Powerhouse: Ministry — 1 mi away
- Restore Church — 1 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 1 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Vinyard Christian Church — 1.2 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- United Church of Christ — 5.2 mi away in Garwin, IA
- Saint John United Church of Christ — 13 mi away in Melbourne, IA
- Peace United Church of Christ — 13 mi away in Gladbrook, IA
- Clemons United Church of Christ — 13.4 mi away in Clemons, IA
- Newburg United Church of Christ — 18.2 mi away in Grinnell, IA