St. John's Lutheran Church
St. John's Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 410 South River Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. It is one of 80 churches in Wilkes-Barre, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Our spiritual climate encourages an active faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
410 South River Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18702St. John's Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. John's 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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,300 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.
- Obesity: 40.2%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
- Poverty Rate: 20.8% (12.6–29.0%)
- Unemployment: 6.5% (1.9–11.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near St. John's Lutheran Church
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Nueva Jerusalem — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia — 0.4 mi away
- St Lukes United Church Of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Albright United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Paso de Fe — 0.4 mi away