Bethesda Lutheran Church
Bethesda Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 450 Whitney Ave in New Haven, CT 06511. It is one of 187 churches in New Haven, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
we serve our neighbors, prompted by the Holy Spirit, partnering with local congregations, non-profits, Church-wide organizations, and the global community
Bethesda Lutheran Church is centered in the grace of the Word and the Sacraments which nurture learning and growth in faith and service.
Part of Augustana Synod
450 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT, 06511Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · Worship
Phone: (203) 787-2346 · Website: https://bethesdanewhaven.org/
Shares a ministry location with Connecticut Korean Presbyterian Church.
Bethesda Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 102 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Connecticut — 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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Latest from Bethesda New Haven's YouTube channel: Worship for Sunday Sep 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Bethesda Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here were born in another country. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
New Haven city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,428 residents.
Churches near Bethesda Lutheran Church
- Connecticut Korean Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Marquand Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Haven Chinese Alliance Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Unitarian Universalist Society of New Haven — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Josephs Church — 0.5 mi away
- St Joseph's Church — 0.5 mi away
- Evangelical Covenant Church — 0.5 mi away
- Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Emanuel Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 3.6 mi away in West Haven, CT
- Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 4.7 mi away in Hamden, CT
- Zion Lutheran Church — 6.8 mi away in Orange, CT
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