Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Bessemer, AL 35020. It is one of 167 churches in Bessemer.

Bessemer, AL, 35020

Zion Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 75 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Alabama — 15,755 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.

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The community around Zion Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 72.5%
  • Obesity: 50.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 46.4%
  • Social Isolation: 42.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.8% (22.8–54.7%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.5%
  • Diabetes: 27.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
  • Unemployment: 8.1% (2.0–15.8%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (6.0–19.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Bessemer city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 425 residents.

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