First Church of the Open Bible
First Church of the Open Bible is a church in Waterloo, IA 50702. It is one of 120 churches in Waterloo.
Waterloo, IA, 50702Website: http://www.obcwaterloo.com/
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The community around First Church of the Open Bible
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 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: 28.8%
- Unemployment: 14.1% (3.7–24.6%)
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.7%
- Poverty Rate: 26.7% (16.3–37.1%)
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
- Child Poverty: 24.2% (8.1–40.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (5.7–18.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Waterloo city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near First Church of the Open Bible
- Christ Temple Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesleyan Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity American Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Jubilee United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Congregational Church — 0.4 mi away
- Waterloo Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away