Messiah Lutheran Church
Messiah Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 453 South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. It is one of 80 churches in Wilkes-Barre, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.
453 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18702Messiah Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Messiah Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (3.1–14.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
- Depression: 23.9%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (11.1–25.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near Messiah Lutheran Church
- Iglesia de Dios de la Profecia — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Nueva Jerusalem — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Albright United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Paso de Fe — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Un Dia en su Presencia — 0.4 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- Wyoming Valley Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away