First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in IA 52161.
We believe God loves you and the whole world.
First Lutheran Church, rooted in God’s amazing grace, is a welcoming community of worship, witness, growth, giving, and service to God and God’s people.
Serving since 1863 · Accessible parking · Part of Faith Growth Digital Ministry Network
IA, 52161Service times
- Sunday 8am–11:30am
Phone: (563) 419-4488 · Website: http://www.firstlutherandecorah.org/
First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 846 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Iowa — 15,905 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
Ministries at First Lutheran Church
- Food Pantry
- Senior Services
- Global Relief
- Refugee Support
- Environmental Ministry
- Social Ministries
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Latest from FLCDecorah's YouTube channel: 16th Sunday after Pentecost - September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Lutheran Church
It takes 5.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.
Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.
- Obesity: 37.3%
- Social Isolation: 29.8%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- Bethany Church — 1.1 mi away
- Stavanger Church — 1.9 mi away
- St Peter Lutheran Church — 3.9 mi away in West Union, IA
- Saint Peters Lutheran Church — 3.9 mi away in West Union, IA
- Ossian Lutheran — 4.4 mi away in Ossian, IA
- Saint Francis De Sales Catholic Church — 4.5 mi away in Ossian, IA
- Zion Lutheran Church — 5.2 mi away in Castalia, IA
- Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church — 5.7 mi away
- Saint Anthony of Padua Church — 6.5 mi away
- Gospel Message Church — 6.7 mi away in Elgin, IA
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Bethany Church — 1.1 mi away
- St Peter Lutheran Church — 3.9 mi away in West Union, IA
- Saint Peters Lutheran Church — 3.9 mi away in West Union, IA
- Ossian Lutheran — 4.4 mi away in Ossian, IA
- Zion Lutheran Church — 5.2 mi away in Castalia, IA