Churches in West Des Moines

Active churches in West Des Moines

3900 Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines
shepherd-valley.org
52 sermons · 4 days ago
3250 SE Soteria Ave, West Des Moines
soteriadsm.com
2 sermons
1701 25th Street West, Des Moines
simple.church
5 sermons

Types of churches in West Des Moines

Modern West Des Moines Churches

These congregations feature band-led worship, practical teaching, and casual spaces, often in newer buildings near Jordan Creek Town Center and West Glen. They tend to attract young professionals and transplants, offering multiple service times and strong digital engagement for commuters along I‑35/I‑80.

West Des Moines Family Churches

Suburban family–oriented churches emphasize nursery through student ministries, weekday preschool, and sports or arts programs that fit Valley High School and WDMCS calendars. Many draw families from new neighborhoods west of 60th Street toward Waukee and host community events at parks like Raccoon River Park.

Traditional Liturgical Churches

Rooted congregations with choirs, organ, and set liturgy are common near historic Valley Junction and along established corridors like Grand Avenue and Ashworth Road. They serve multi‑generational households seeking sacramental life and seasonal rhythms such as Advent and Lent.

Multicultural and Spanish-Language Churches

As the metro grows, bilingual and multicultural congregations offer Spanish-language services and ministries for newer immigrant communities, including African and Asian families. Many meet in shared facilities or storefronts along University Avenue and 8th Street, with ESL classes and practical outreach for newcomers.

Sermon clips from West Des Moines churches

69s
#HumbleSubmission
“``I'm not good at a lot of things, but one thing I am good at is being defensive. I'm extremely defensive. And so, I just ask my college roommates if I'm defensive or not. And so if I was there and and and I got called a dog, I'll say, Jesus, who are you calling a dog? I'm not a dog. I'll say, Jesus, I don't know if you saw my chilis, questionnaire, but I was actually aligned, Jesus. So, but that wouldn't be my response, what this woman says, because she says, yes, Jesus. I am a dog. You're right. And she says, Jesus, you're right to say that I don't deserve you, and I don't deserve the things and the blessings that you give to me. And you're right to say I don't deserve the crumbs, and I don't even deserve to beg at your table. But, Jesus, I don't need to be a child. I just need to be a dog. I just need to be a dog begging at your table. That's all I want. That's all I need. And all I need is a few scraps from your table.”
35s
“Why should we do things like this? Well, think the reason we should do things like this and and do sermons like these is because the word of God has something to say about all of life. I believe what I believe about the issues. I'm going to use the word issues. You could use the word politics. That's fine. As I defined in the very first sermon in this series, I said politics is is really just a set of beliefs or a set of agreements between people on how you make decisions and how you lead any kind of an organization, be it a church or a nation. That's all politics is.”
52s
“Jesus does not ask for us to sacrifice without modeling it himself. He didn't wear a graduation cap cap, but he did wear something else, something much more important. He wore a crown, a crown of thorns, while showing us the most beautiful sacrifice that you or I could ever imagine. He endured rejection. He suffered on the cross. He gave his life. He gave all of himself for our sake that we may have a way to be in right, right relationship with God the father. How can we say no when he asks for our obedience? Jesus' sacrifice happened once, but its purpose and its payment applies every single day.”
58s
#AbundantCommunion
“And not feasting on crumbs, but in abundance, and not an abundance of bread, but an abundance of your body and your blood that we as baptized children of God receive every day and receiving the Lord's Supper every other week. And if you talk about a rags to riches tale, just ask the Christian life. Tony Bennett, and yes, know who that is, he made a song called rags to riches. But the best story is the Christian life of rags to riches because we were taken from the lowest place, from a beggar, from a sinner. And we're now we're we're given a seat at the table, and Jesus gives us his physical body and blood that he shed for you and for me on the cross. And we don't deserve it. But that's what he does for us.”
50s
#SeeThePerson
“And the disciples usually looked at people like they weren't people, and I'm guilty of this. I think about myself in traffic. I don't see the person, I see the car. Right? But how about if I saw the person? If I actually got to know that person and when somebody isn't a Christian, instead of judging them and casting them down, I talk to them and I love them. And I get to know them, and I give them Christ. And so, that's our job now, as Christians, as those who have received, as those who have been exalted, is to go out into the world and spread the message that takes beggars off of their knees and gives them a seat at Jesus' table. Amen?”
50s
#TransformedIdentity
“More probably like a slug or a mosquito that takes life from people for our own gain. And so, it's hard to admit that who we are. But Jesus says something else. Jesus says, that's who you were, but now you're my child. And when God speaks something, and when God says something, that thing is true. That thing is. And when God looks at you and He looks at you through the resurrection, the death, and life of Jesus Christ, He says, You're my child. And you've taken, I've taken you off of your knees, off of the floor, off of begging, and I've exalted you to a seat at the table as a child.”
40s
#UncomfortableRepentance
“And it's because it's hard to admit who we are. I don't like to admit that I'm a dog. I don't like to admit that I have to beg for grace. I don't like the fact that I'm unclean and unworthy, and I don't like that I have to be on my knees. But that's that's who we were. We're on our knees begging Christ just for the scraps of his table because we haven't loved God with our whole hearts, and surely we haven't served our neighbors as ourselves.”
38s
#SharedSinConfession
“And the really easy thing about preaching is that once I start talking about my sin, everybody else can relate Because there's nobody here that hasn't been a dog, that hasn't been a beggar at the feet of Jesus, crying out for his grace. Because sin comes in our life, whatever that may be, and the guilt and the shame comes with it. And no matter who we thought we were, if we thought we were the king of the jungle, if we thought we were an eagle, no matter who we thought we were, we realize we're a dog at best.”
37s
#CalledChildren
“And children is what he calls us. And so now, as we're at the table, we have a little bit of work to do as well. There's people in your life and in my life that are begging, whether they know it or not. I know people who are begging, who know that they're begging, who know that they're a dog. And I have people in my life that are begging, they just don't know it. And they think that they're a great white shroud in their shoulders, sound the Pacific, and they don't know yet that they need grace.”
30s
#GiveChristAbundantly
“But what do we do? We give them what we have received, and that's Christ. And we don't give them crumbs, but we give them an abundance of Christ by what we say, by what we do. And so, we go out into the world and we spread this message, and we build relationships with those around us, and we don't cast them down, we don't put them down, and we don't do what the disciples did.”

Why West Des Moines churches are unique

West Des Moines churches reflect a fast-growing suburb with strong schools and major employers, drawing families and career-minded newcomers. Many congregations pair practical, Bible-centered teaching and modern music with clear on-ramps for community, supported by strong kids programs for young families, young adults and professionals, and modern worship with contemporary band.
Shaped by suburban neighborhoods, trail networks, and busy retail corridors, churches in West Des Moines tend to design flexible rhythms that fit commutes and active weekends. It’s common to see multiple service times and venues, neighborhood-based small group culture, and hybrid in person and online options that keep people connected at home or on the go.
A hallmark of the area is civic-minded hospitality, which energizes volunteer projects and partnerships with schools and nonprofits. Many congregations blend practical help with spiritual depth through community service and local outreach, growing multilingual or multicultural services, and a steady emphasis on expository Bible teaching.

Recent sermons from West Des Moines churches

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