Where is First Lutheran Church located?

First Lutheran Church is at 1115 North D Street, Fort Smith, AR, 72901.

What time are services at First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church meets Sunday at 9am (School & Bible Class). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church in Fort Smith, AR is a Lutheran church. It is one of 3 Lutheran congregations in Fort Smith.

First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1115 North D Street in Fort Smith, AR 72901. It is one of 217 churches in Fort Smith, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Recognizing the call of our Lord Jesus Christ to "go and disciple all nations", First Evangelical Lutheran Church and School of Fort Smith, Arkansas, will equip the members of the congregation and students of the day school to be disciples of Christ while reaching out to bring others to be followers

Welcome to our Christ-centered, family-focused, student-driven school that leaves a lasting impact on our community and world.

Part of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

1115 North D Street, Fort Smith, AR, 72901

Service times

Sunday 9am · School & Bible Class

Website: http://1stlutheran.com/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 85 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Arkansas — 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 First Lutheran Church

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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
Food Insecurity: 34.4%
Poverty Rate: 30.2% (18.2–42.2%)
Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
Unemployment: 12.2% (5.4–19.0%)
Obesity: 42.7%
Social Isolation: 39.4%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
Diabetes: 16.6%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (11.3–22.0%)
Depression: 26.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Fort Smith city is served by 138 churches — about one congregation for every 625 residents.

Churches near First Lutheran Church

First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Primera Iglesia Hispana Batista — 0.1 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
Community Bible - North — 0.2 mi away
Crosswalk at FBC — 0.2 mi away
Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal MI, Fort Smith, AR — 0.3 mi away
Mission United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
Immaculate Conception Church — 0.3 mi away

More Lutheran churches nearby

Saint Luke Lutheran Church — 2.7 mi away
Bethel Lutheran Church — 3 mi away
Our Redeember Lutheran Church — 5.2 mi away

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