Shepherd of the Woods
Shepherd of the Woods is a Lutheran church at 7860 Southside Boulevard in Jacksonville, FL 32256. It is one of 1,416 churches in Jacksonville, and one of 13 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We confess Jesus Christ as our Savior and Living Lord. He is our sacrifice for sin and a model of the godly life. We seek to live out our lives as his disciples by worship and praise, service and care in the name of Christ. We invite you to join us.
Serving since 2005
7860 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL, 32256Service times
- Sunday 8:30am
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (904) 641-8385 · Website: http://www.sotwjax.com/
Shepherd of the Woods is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 424 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Florida — 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 Shepherd of the Woods
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. About 1 in 7 the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (5.6–25.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 16.8% (6.8–26.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Jacksonville city is served by 807 churches — about one congregation for every 1,179 residents.
Churches near Shepherd of the Woods
- Rivertown Church — 0.5 mi away
- Deermeadows Church — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Family Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Redeemer — 0.8 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 0.8 mi away
- St. Philip Neri Ecumenical Church — 1.1 mi away
- Southpoint Community Church — 1.5 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 1.6 mi away
- Annunciation Orthodox Church — 1.6 mi away
- Celebration Church Jcksnvll — 1.6 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Hope Lutheran Church — 2 mi away
- Vicotry Lutheran Church — 4.5 mi away
- Mandarin Lutheran Church — 6.9 mi away
- Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church — 6.9 mi away
- St Mark's Lutheran Church — 7 mi away
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