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Christian Community at Mercy College of Health Sciences
Find a church near Mercy College of Health Sciences, meet other Christian students, pray together, and explore what it means to follow Jesus during college.
Mercy College of Health Sciences sits in Des Moines, United States, and is a small college.
Three Questions for Your Years Here
The campus asks
You are learning to save lives. Who holds you on the days you cannot fix the suffering?
And Jesus asks
“When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?” John 5:6
The Jesus who asks the sickA campus with Christian roots
Public records associate Mercy College of Health Sciences with a Catholic affiliation. Many schools with Christian roots keep a chapel, a campus ministry, or a chaplain, and welcome students of every background and none. If that is your tradition you may find a home quickly here; if it is new to you, you are just as welcome to come and see. The churches nearest campus are listed below, and you can always ask on the student community who gathers where.
Arriving, and the ache of a new place
A smaller campus in Des Moines can feel like everyone already found their people before you arrived, and you are still looking. That ache is not weakness and it is not rare. Nearly everyone around you feels some version of it, and one of the oldest, quietest answers to it is a room full of people who will learn your name, pray for your week, and save you a seat.
Finding a few people who will pray with you can change an entire semester. If it helps, start with when you feel lonely at college, how to find Christian friends, or what a first Sunday is actually like.
And you do not have to wait to be found. The other believers are already here, scattered and unseen. The Campus Gathering shows you how to find them, or begin one yourself, because two or three who gather in his name are already the church on this campus, and the most beautiful doorway to Christ a searching student ever walks through.
You are more than your transcript
You are being trained to hold other people's lives in your hands, and the pressure to be flawless can make a person forget they are a person at all, and not a machine that must never fail.
It is not a new question. Students have carried it through Des Moines since 1899. This is the oldest ache there is, and a degree, however good, was never built to fill it. Long before you had a transcript, a major, or a single line of achievement to your name, you were already known and already loved. That is the heart of what Christians mean by the Living Bread: a belonging and a life that do not run out when the grades come in, when the offer falls through, or when a semester in Des Moines quietly breaks you. Jesus offered himself to hungry people as exactly that, the bread that satisfies the hunger underneath the hunger, the one no achievement has ever reached.
If that stirs something in you, you can start with who Jesus actually is, or sit for a while with faith for the days you cannot fix the suffering. There is no hurry, and no test at the end of it.
Where you are, and who is already near
Mercy College of Health Sciences has stood in Des Moines, United States since 1899. Generation after generation of students has arrived here in the years since, hauling boxes into a strange room, learning a new set of streets, and carrying the same quiet questions underneath the timetable and the reading list. You are only the newest of a very long line.
Wherever you have come from, Des Moines, United States can become more than the city your degree happens to be printed in. It can become the place you were found. You can see every nearby church listed in full just below, explore more campuses across United States, or step back to the whole University Kingdom Network. And when you want a congregation near your exact address, the church finder can map it.
Finding a Church Near Mercy College of Health Sciences
We do not yet have verified churches mapped right at this campus. The church finder can still search your area, and the student community can point you to where believers gather nearby.
Christian organizations at Mercy College of Health Sciences
We do not yet have a verified list of Christian student organizations at Mercy College of Health Sciences. The Living Bread only lists groups it can confirm from a public source, so it would rather show nothing than guess. If you know a real Christian fellowship, ministry, or Bible study here, tell us and we will verify and add it. In the meantime, the churches near campus above are a real place to start.
About Mercy College of Health Sciences
| Location | Des Moines, United States |
|---|---|
| Students | about 869, a small college |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Affiliation | Catholic |
| Website | mchs.edu |
Campus facts from Wikidata.
Three ways in
Wherever you are, there is a door here.
I follow Jesus
Find a church, meet other Christian students, and keep walking with Christ through college.
Stay rootedI am curious
You do not have to believe anything yet. Read one story about Jesus and see for yourself.
Come and seeI am not sure
Doubts are welcome here. Bring your hardest questions and take your time.
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Questions students ask
How can a student at Mercy College of Health Sciences find Christian community?
Start with a church near campus, then look for Christian friends, a Bible study, and prayer. The Living Bread student pages walk you through each step, and you never have to go alone.
Is Mercy College of Health Sciences a religious university?
Public records list Mercy College of Health Sciences with a Catholic affiliation. Campus culture varies, and students of every background are typically welcome. Ask about the chapel or campus ministry, and see the nearby churches above.