St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran is a Lutheran church in Scranton, PA 18510. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Scranton, PA, 18510St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 41.7% (30.6–52.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
- Depression: 25.8%
- Child Poverty: 24.4% (8.3–40.5%)
- Diabetes: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.
Churches near St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Greek Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Madonna Della Strada Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Manse;Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Elm Park Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Reformed Baptist Church of Scranton — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Bible Understanding — 0.3 mi away
- Indonesian Full Gospel Fellowship — 0.3 mi away