Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 7420 4th Avenue in New York, NY 11209. It is one of 3,443 churches in New York, and one of 90 Lutheran congregations in the city.

To embody a message of hope and bear witness in spirit and truth to the power of non violent love as we walk in the footsteps of our brother Jesus, equipping agents of compassion and change.

For over 90 years, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church has been a place of refuge, connection, and transformation in Brooklyn.

Wheelchair accessible

7420 4th Avenue, New York, NY, 11209

Website: https://goodshepherd-bayridge.org/

Shares a ministry location with Bay Ridge United Methodist Church and Ipul Brooklyn.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 4,300 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: 34.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.1% (7.8–24.5%)
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (3.0–10.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.

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