Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church

Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Ocala, FL 34470. It is one of 378 churches in Ocala, and one of 10 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Ocala, FL, 34470

Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church 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.

Find Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 36.8%
  • Child Poverty: 22.3% (9.7–36.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.8% (9.5–24.1%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (7.2–20.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Ocala city is served by 118 churches — about one congregation for every 538 residents.

Churches near Saint Matthew's Lutheran Church

More Lutheran churches nearby

See all churches in Ocala, FL · All churches in Florida