First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in West Haven, CT 06516. It is one of 41 churches in West Haven.

West Haven, CT, 06516

First 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.

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The community around First 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 36.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
  • Obesity: 38.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.8% (2.5–11.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

West Haven city is served by 21 churches — about one congregation for every 2,635 residents.

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