Emanuel Lutheran Church

Emanuel Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 297 Capitol Avenue in Hartford, CT 06106. It is one of 177 churches in Hartford, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Recognizing that we live in a broken world, Christ calls us to reconciliation and wholeness. As members of Emanuel Lutheran Church and children of a loving and merciful God, we acknowledge that this reconciliation extends to people of any gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, race, culture, physical or mental ability, economic circumstances, relationship status, or any person that has ever experienced pain or oppression, and we commit ourselves to embracing the work of anti-racism, social and economic justice, and environmental care. Because members of different communit

Serving since 1889 · Hearing assistance

297 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06106

Service times

  • Sunday 10am · mornings

Phone: (860) 525-0894 · Website: http://emanuelhartford.org/

Emanuel Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 101 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Connecticut — 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 Emanuel Lutheran Church

  • Food Pantry

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Latest from Emanuel Lutheran Church Hartford's YouTube channel: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 2, 2026 V2 (all videos).

The community around Emanuel Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 45.0%
  • Social Isolation: 40.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.6% (22.8–42.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Obesity: 41.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.6% (6.2–25.0%)
  • Unemployment: 11.8% (5.5–18.2%)

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

Hartford city is served by 78 churches — about one congregation for every 1,552 residents.

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