First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1207 North Broadway in Knoxville, TN 37917. It is one of 582 churches in Knoxville, and one of 9 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Come to First Lutheran Church to receive and serve our God and our neighbors in need.

Welcome to First Lutheran Church. Here we stand on the foundation of Jesus Christ and His Word. We are a historic congregation with worship, study, and life together that treasure the truth and beauty of Biblical Lutheran theology and the culture of the Reformation Era as well as doctrinally pure expressions of the Christian faith and life from around the globe and throughout history.

1207 North Broadway, Knoxville, TN, 37917

Phone: 865-524-0308 · Website: https://www.firstknoxville.org/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Lutheran Church

  • First Lutheran School

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The community around First Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Depression: 31.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.4% (15.9–30.9%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.0% (13.0–26.9%)
  • Obesity: 37.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.9%
  • Diabetes: 13.7%
  • Unemployment: 7.1% (2.3–11.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Knoxville city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 868 residents.

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