St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 37 South 5th Street in Allentown, PA 18101. It is one of 181 churches in Allentown, and one of 8 Lutheran congregations in the city.
37 South 5th Street, Allentown, PA, 18101Phone: +16104351587 · Website: https://www.stjohnsallentown.org/
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 31.7% (19.5–43.9%)
- Obesity: 41.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (9.4–24.0%)
- Unemployment: 8.3% (2.2–14.7%)
- Depression: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 13.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Allentown city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 1,456 residents.
Churches near St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
- New Life In Christ Aftercare Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- St John's UCC Allentown — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Stephen of Hungary — 0.2 mi away
- LifeChurch City Campus — 0.2 mi away
- Zion's "Liberty Bell" UCC Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion's Reformed United Church of Christ 1 review — 0.2 mi away
- St. James AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Glory Carriers Assembly — 0.3 mi away
- Full Effect Gospel Ministries Cathedral — 0.3 mi away