First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Shellsburg, IA 52332. It is one of 5 churches in Shellsburg.
Shellsburg, IA, 52332First 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 First Presbyterian Church
It takes 3.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 38.1%
- Social Isolation: 30.4%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Presbyterian Church
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Church of Grace — 0.4 mi away
- Oak Grove Church — 3.1 mi away
- Parkers Grove Church — 3.2 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 4 mi away in Palo, IA
- Palo United Methodist Church — 4 mi away in Palo, IA
- Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church — 6.8 mi away in Atkins, IA
- Saint Stephens Lutheran Church — 6.9 mi away in Atkins, IA
- Toddville Church of Christ — 7.6 mi away
- Toddville Free Methodist Church — 7.6 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church — 6.8 mi away in Atkins, IA
- Central Presbyterian Church — 8.7 mi away in Newhall, IA
- Presbyterian Church of Vinton — 9.5 mi away in Vinton, IA
- Echo Hill Presbyterian Church — 12 mi away in Cedar Rapids, IA
- Christ Church Presbyterian — 12 mi away in Cedar Rapids, IA