Christ United Presbyterian Church
Christ United Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Oelwein, IA 50662. It is one of 15 churches in Oelwein.
Oelwein, IA, 50662Christ United Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 287 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Iowa — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Christ United Presbyterian Church
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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Obesity: 41.2%
- Unemployment: 8.6% (4.1–13.0%)
- Social Isolation: 31.5%
- Child Poverty: 26.2% (13.9–39.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.9%
- Poverty Rate: 18.7% (12.2–25.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Oelwein city is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 507 residents.
Churches near Christ United Presbyterian Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.1 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion American Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Christ - West Side — 0.6 mi away
- Antioch Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.8 mi away
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- Wadena Community Church — 17 mi away in Wadena, IA
- Bethel United Presbyterian Church — 20.4 mi away in West Union, IA