First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Glendale, CA 91205. It is one of 125 churches in Glendale, and one of 6 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Our mission is to welcome all into an environment of personal and spiritual growth through the worship of God; to foster a caring, friendly and inviting ministry of people who are committed to knowing God, God's will and the teachings of Jesus Christ; to reach out to all with respect and love; and t

First Lutheran Church of Glendale was founded in 1910 and moved to its present location in 1956.

Serving since 1910

Glendale, CA, 91205

Service times

  • Sunday 9am
  • Sunday 5pm · of th

Shares a ministry location with Calvary Chapel Glendale.

First Lutheran Church 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 First Lutheran Church

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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 39.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.0%
  • Unemployment: 8.5% (3.2–13.8%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.7% (9.8–29.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
  • Diabetes: 14.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.

Glendale city is served by 63 churches — about one congregation for every 3,087 residents.

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