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CHURCH INDEX

The listing below is not by far a complete listing of Cerro Gordo County's Churches over the years. If you have information and/or photographs that you'd like to share with us, please contact the site's coordinator. Thank You!

Churches had modest beginnings in Mason City. The first sermon was preached in the McMillin store one Sunday in 1855 by the Rev. Mr. Styles, believed to have been of the United Brethren faith. The service, attended by families from far off sections in the county, was delayed because at the time McMillin found and shot a wolf in his hen house.
SOURCE: The Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa. Mason City Centennial Issue, Monday, June 01, 1953, Section 7, Page 8.

  • Adas Israel Synogogue, 620 N. Adams Avenue, Mason City  

  • Adventist Church, Mason City

  • Agape Christian Family Church, 2810 U.S. Highway 18 West, Clear Lake

  • Alliance Gospel Tabernacle, 616 Delaware N.E., Mason City
        Organized by Rev. Herbert Sprole following 1923 tent meetings

  • American Baptist Convention, Mason City

  • American Lutheran Church, Mason City

  • Apostolic United Pentecostal Church, 1416 S. Delaware Avenue, Mason City
        a.k.a. Apostolic United Pentecostal Church and/or New Life Tabernacle

  • Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mason City

  • Baptist Church GARBC, 314 N 6th Street, Clear Lake

  • Baptist Church (historical), Swaledale

  • Bethel Baptist Church, 2243 20th S.W., Mason City

  • Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church  
         419 N. Delaware Avenue, Mason City

  • Calvary Alliance Church, 308 North Delaware Ave., Mason City

  • Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, Mason City  

  • Central Heights Assembly of God Church, Mason City

  • Central Heights Lutheran Church, 320 E. State, Mason City

  • Central Lutheran Church
        merged into Saint Paul Lutheran Church 1962, Mason City

  • Christian Church, 957 North 8th Street, Clear Lake

  • Christian Church, 302 U.S. Highway West, Clear Lake

  • Christian Fellowship Church, 1181 15th Street SW, Mason City

  • Church of Christ, Fieldstone Addition, 2010 14th Avenue North, Clear Lake

  • Church of Christ, 12th & Hampshire N.E., Mason City

  • Church of Christ, 710 N. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • Church of God in Christ, Mason City

  • Church of Jesus Christ - Latter Day Saints North 8th Street, Clear Lake

  • Church of Jesus Christ - Latter Day Saints, 1309 S. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • Church of the Nazarene, 331 W. State, Mason City
        Organized in 1929, church built in 1932

  • Churches of Clear Lake, vintage postcard

  • Churches of Mason City, post cards: 1906   1910   unknown year

  • Clear Lake Evangelical Free Church, 1310 Highway 18 West, Clear Lake

  • Clear Lake Regular Baptist Church, 314 North 6th Street, Clear Lake

  • Community of Christ Church, 15 Plaza Drive, Clear Lake

  • Congregational Church, Mason City, 1875

  • Congregational Christian Church, Mason City

  • County Mission Church, 10025 Jonquil Avenue, Swaledale

  • Disciples of Christ, Mason City

  • Evangelical Lutheran Church, present-day St. Peter Lutheran Church, Rockwell

  • Evangelical United Brethren Church, Meservey

  • Faith Baptist Church, 1807 S. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • Faith Baptist Fellowship, present-day Faith Baptist Church, Mason City

  • Fifth Street Church of Christ, 219 5th Street SE, Mason City

  • First Assembly of God Church, 1301 North Carolina Avenue, Mason City  

  • First Baptist Church, 125 E. State Street, Mason City 

  • First Baptist Church, 121 2nd Street N, Rockwell

  • First Christian Church (a.k.a. Main Street Church), 853 N. Main Street, Mason City

  • First Church of Christian Scientists, Corner of 8th Street & Main, Clear Lake

  • First Church of Christ, 12th N.E. & Hampshire, Mason City

  • First Church of Christ, Scientist, 23 Third Street, Mason City  

  • First Church of the Nazarene, 1030 Park Lane, Mason City

  • First Church of the Nazarene, 507 S. Carolina Avenue, Mason City

  • First Congregational Church, 205 West 10th, Clear Lake

  • First Congregational United Church of Christ, 100 1st Street NE, Mason City 

  • First Congregational Church, Rockwell

  • First Covenant Church of Mason City, 411 S. Ohio, Mason City
        60th Anniversary 2007

  • First Free Methodist Church, 124 Washington, N.W., Mason City

  • First Methodist Church, 15315 Bashford Avenue, Clear Lake

  • First Open Bible Church, 1702 Carolina S.E., Mason City

  • First United Methodist Church, 119 South Georgia Avenue, Mason City

  • First United Methodist Church, 910 Rock Street, 508 Carter Street, Plymouth

  • First United Methodist Church, 404 Maple Street, Thornton

  • First Presbyterian Church, 201 Willowbrook Drive, Mason City

  • First Presbyterian Church, 100 South Pierce Avenue, Mason City

  • First Reformed Church, 620 2nd Street, Meservey

  • First Street Church of Christ, 219 5th Street SE, Mason City

  • Free Methodist Church (a.k.a. Victory in Christ Free Methodist Church)
        604 23rd Street SW, Mason City

  • Galilean Lutheran Church, 4454 255th Street, Clear Lake

  • Gethsemane Lutheran Church (Wisconsin Synod), 658 12th Street N.E., Mason City

  • Gospel Mission Church - present-day Evangelical Free Church, Clear Lake

  • Grace Baptist Church, 8th N.W. and Tyler, Mason City

  • Grace Evangelical Church, Mason City

  • Grace Evangelical Free Church, 440 North Illinois Avenue, Mason City

  • Grace Evangelical United Brethren Church, Adams & 14th N.W., Mason City

  • Grace United Methodist Church, 200 14th Street NW, Mason City  

  • Greek Orthodox Church of America, Mason City

  • Greek Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration, Mason City
        225 Sth Street NW, Mason City

  • Guardian Angel Roadside Chapel, South 24th Street, Clear Lake

  • Hanford Community Church, 12411 Spruce Avenue, Mason City

  • Harvestime Church, 804 N. Tayler, Mason City

  • Hellenic Orthodox Church, Mason City

  • Holy Family Catholic Church  
        714 N. Adams Avenue, Mason City

  • Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church, 1311 2nd Street SW, Mason City  

  • Immanuel Lutheran Church, organized in 1914, 5th S.E. & Jersey,
        merged into Saint Paul Lutheran Church 1962, Mason City

  • Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall, 4060 4th Street SW, Mason City

  • Kundson Church - present-day Evangelical Free Church, Clear Lake

  • Lakeside Church, 5407 240th Street, Clear Lake

  • Lime Creek Primitive Baptist Church (historical)

  • Lutheran Church (missouri Synod), Mason City

  • Main Street Christian Church, Mason City, (see First Christian Church)

  • Mason City Baptist Church, 1805 South Wilson Avenue, Mason City

  • Mason City Covenant Church, 1176 Eastmoor Drive, Mason City

  • Messiah Lutheran Church LCMS, Missouri Synod, 2620 4th Street SE, Mason City

  • Methodist Church, Burchinal

  • Methodist Church, 404 Maple Street, Thornton

  • Nazarene Church, Hwy 122 and Carolina Ave., Mason City

  • Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 621 S. Adams, Mason City

  • New Life Tabernacle Church, 1416 S. Delaware Avenue, Mason City
        a.k.a. Apostolic United Pentecostal Church and/or United Pentecostal Church

  • Non-Instrumental Church of Christ, met at UMCA, Mason City

  • Old Stone United Methodist Church, 1 West Jackson Street, Rock Falls

  • Olivet Methodist Church, Mason City

  • Open Bible Church, 609 S. 8th Street, Clear Lake

  • Our Saviour's Lutheran Church (ELCA), 2502 South Jefferson Ave., Mason City

  • Praise Community Church, 11 2nd Street NW, Mason City

  • Plymouth Bible Baptist Church, 808 Broad Street, Plymouth

  • Presbyterian Church, Mason City, 1909

  • Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 670 12th Street NE, Mason City

  • Protestant Espicopal Church, Mason City

  • Radio Chapel, Mason City

  • Redeemer Lutheran Church LCMS, 301 South Main, Ventura

  • Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
        9 North 9th Street, Clear Lake

  • Rhythm Church, 404 N. Federal Street, Mason City
        founded September 12, 2010

  • Richland Lutheran Church, 300 Elm Street, Thornton

  • River City Christian Center, 354 S. Grover Avenue, Mason City

  • Riverside Friends Church, 527 N. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • Rolling Acres Christian Reformed Church
        340 20th Street SW, Mason City

  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 305 Elm Street, Rockwell

  • Saint James Lutheran Church   1148 4th Street SE, Mason City  

  • Saint John Baptist Church, 715 6th Street SW, Mason City
        added to National Register of Historic Places in 2002

  • Saint John's Episcopal Church, 120 1st Street NE, Mason City 

  • Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 5th Street SE, Mason City  

  • Saint Michael's Catholic Church, 901 Rock Street, Plymouth

  • Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, 1001 9th Avenue S., Clear Lake

  • Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, 410 Patrick Street, Dougherty

  • Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church, 413 Elm Street, Thornton

  • Saint Paul Lutheran Church, 329 E. State Street, Mason City

  • Saint Peter Lutheran Church, 502 2nd Street S., Rockwell

  • Salem United Methodist Church, 810 1st Street, Meservey

  • Salvation Army Undenominational Church, 747 Village Green Drive SW, Mason City

  • Seventh Day Adventist Church, 815 N. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • South Central Lutheran District, 213 N. Pennsylvania, Mason City

  • Spirit of the Dove Church, 1401 N. Washington Avenue, Mason City

  • Temple Baptist Church, 1211 S. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1021 N. 8th Street, Clear Lake

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
        1309 S. Kentucky Avenue, Mason City

  • The Vineyard Community Church
        1631 4th Street SW, Suite 23A, Willowbrook Mall, Mason City

  • Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA), 213 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City  

  • Union Memorial Methodist Church, 610 4th N.E., Mason City 

  • Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of North Central Iowa, Mason City

  • United Lutheran Church in America, Mason City

  • United Methodist Church, 508 2nd Avenue N., Clear Lake

  • United Methodist Church, 801 1st Street, Meservey

  • United Methodist Church, 303 Monroe Street, Rockwell

  • United Methodist Church, Swaledale

  • United Methodist Church, Thornton

  • United Methodist Church, 10 S. Weimer Street, Ventura

  • United Pentecostal Church, 1416 S. Delaware Avenue, Mason City
        a.k.a. Apostolic United Pentecostal Church and/or New Life Tabernacle

  • unknown denomination Church, Swaledale

  • Victory in Christ Free Methodist Church (a.k.a. Free Methodist Church)
        604 23rd Street SW, Mason City

  • Vineyard Community Church, Mason City

  • Wesley United Methodist Church, 1405 Pennsylvania Avenue S., Mason City  

  • Zion Lutheran Church, 112 North 4th Street, Clear Lake

  • Zion Lutheran Church (ELCA), 500 Main Avenue, Clear Lake

  • Zion Methodist Church, East State Street & Rock Glen, Mason City 

     

      Submission by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2011; updated November of 2013; updated December of 2014

     

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