Ringsted, Iowa is a small rural town located in Emmet County in the northwestern corner of the state. The town has an estimated population of 438 residents, according to the 2010 Census. Ringsted is home to multiple religious congregations that hold services regularly throughout the week. These include St. John's Lutheran Church, which is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and holds Sunday morning worship services; Immanuel Lutheran Church, which is part of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and holds Saturday night and Sunday morning services; Ringsted United Methodist Church, which holds Sunday morning and evening services; St. Olaf Catholic Church, which holds Mass on Sundays; and Zion Congregational United Church of Christ, which meets on Sundays as well. Each congregation provides area residents with spiritual guidance in their faith in addition to fellowship opportunities. Additionally, these churches serve as community gathering places for events such as fundraisers, special prayer times, holiday celebrations and more.
73.8% of the people in Ringsted are religious:
- 0.9% are Baptist
- 0.0% are Episcopalian
- 15.5% are Catholic
- 32.6% are Lutheran
- 14.5% are Methodist
- 0.0% are Pentecostal
- 5.8% are Presbyterian
- 0.0% are Church of Jesus Christ
- 4.4% are another Christian faith
- 0.0% are Judaism
- 0.0% are an eastern faith
- 0.0% affilitates with Islam
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