University Lutheran Chapel
University Lutheran Chapel is a Lutheran church at 2425 College Avenue in Berkeley, CA 94704. It is one of 96 churches in Berkeley, and one of 5 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We are a community "at work in the world," called out beyond the walls of our church building to resist all forms of oppression as we seek to follow after Christ's example.
2425 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 94704Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
University Lutheran Chapel is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 880 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across California — 15,905 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 University Lutheran Chapel
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 3,100 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.
- Poverty Rate: 54.9%
- Social Isolation: 50.0%
- Food Insecurity: 31.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
- Depression: 27.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
- Unemployment: 11.0% (6.7–15.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Berkeley city is served by 68 churches — about one congregation for every 1,785 residents.
Churches near University Lutheran Chapel
- Newman Hall Holy Spirit Parish — 0.1 mi away
- New Church Berkeley Alum — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- Ark Ministries of Berkeley — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Science Organization at the University — 0.2 mi away
- St. Joseph of Arimathea Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Livingwater Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley — 0.4 mi away
- Livingwater Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Lutheran Church of the Cross — 1.3 mi away
- First Finnish Lutheran Church — 1.9 mi away
- Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church — 2.7 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 2.9 mi away in El Cerrito, CA
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