Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1010 Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo, CA 93405. It is one of 49 churches in San Luis Obispo, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Serving since 1908

1010 Foothill Boulevard, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93405

Service times

  • Sunday 8:45am · School Adult Bible Study
  • Tuesday 6:30pm · College Night
  • Thursday 6pm · Night Adult Bible Study Dinner

Phone: (805) 549-4441 · Website: https://www.zionslo.com/

Zion Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 876 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across California — 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.

Ministries at Zion Lutheran Church

  • Christian Education

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Latest from Zion SLO's YouTube channel: Zion Lutheran SLO Divine Service - 10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 2nd, 2026 (all videos).

The community around Zion Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 72.9%
  • Social Isolation: 47.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 37.8%
  • Depression: 34.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.2%
  • Unemployment: 16.3% (9.5–23.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

San Luis Obispo city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 1,124 residents.

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