Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 640 North Minaret Avenue in Turlock, CA 95380. It is one of 90 churches in Turlock, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.

In response to God’s love and grace, the mission of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is to honor our Lord Jesus through our worship, to share His gift of salvation with all people, and to equip them for serving God and each other.

At Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, we strive to be family-friendly, providing a warm and inclusive environment for people of all ages.

640 North Minaret Avenue, Turlock, CA, 95380

Service times

  • Sunday 8:45am
  • Sunday 11:15am

Phone: +1 209 667 7712 · Website: https://gslct.org/

Good Shepherd 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.

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The community around Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.2%
  • Unemployment: 13.0% (5.9–20.2%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.7%
  • Obesity: 38.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
  • Depression: 23.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.5% (10.3–24.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

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

Turlock city is served by 46 churches — about one congregation for every 1,418 residents.

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