First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1008 Jefferson Avenue in Waco, TX 76701. It is one of 275 churches in Waco, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
1008 Jefferson Avenue, Waco, TX, 76701Shares a ministry location with Christ Church Waco.
First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.
- Child Poverty: 63.7% (44.0–83.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 49.8%
- Obesity: 45.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.5% (14.3–28.7%)
- Diabetes: 18.2%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (2.5–16.1%)
- Depression: 25.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Waco city is served by 124 churches — about one congregation for every 1,084 residents.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- Christ Church Waco — 0 mi away
- The Olive Branch Christian Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- Columbus Avenue Baptist Church theCenter — 0.1 mi away
- Mighty Wind Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- Templo Nueva Vida de Waco — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church N.B.C. — 0.3 mi away
- Columbus Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church Waco — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Glory Bell Church — 0.3 mi away