First Church of the Nazarene

First Church of the Nazarene is a church in Iola, KS 66749. It is one of 33 churches in Iola.

Iola, KS, 66749

First Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 113 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Kansas — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around First Church of the Nazarene

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 36.6%
  • Social Isolation: 31.7%
  • Child Poverty: 25.4% (10.3–40.5%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
  • Unemployment: 7.0% (3.1–11.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Iola city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 223 residents.

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