Lutheran Church of Hope Ames
Lutheran Church of Hope Ames is a Lutheran church at 3329 Lincoln Way in Ames, IA 50014. It is one of 61 churches in Ames, and one of 9 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Building Hope for Tomorrow is a giving campaign that will allow us to deepen in our mission to reach out to the world around us and share the everlasting love of Jesus by building a permanent church home at 4925 Lincoln Way.
We’re Glad You’re Here. We say it often at Hope. We don’t believe it’s any accident you’re here. Whether you’re a lifelong Christian or are just starting to explore faith, there is a place for you at Hope Ames.
3329 Lincoln Way, Ames, IA, 50014Service times
- Sunday 9am
- Sunday 10:30am
- Wednesday 8pm
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am
Lutheran Church of Hope Ames is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 846 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Iowa — 15,905 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.
Ministries at Lutheran Church of Hope Ames
- Youth Ministry
- Vacation Bible School
- Small Groups
- Prayer Support
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Latest from Lutheran Church of Hope – Ames's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship | Danny Housholder | 9.13.2026 (all videos).
The community around Lutheran Church of Hope Ames
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.
- Poverty Rate: 45.5%
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (1.5–17.1%)
- Depression: 24.5%
- Food Insecurity: 20.0% (14.6–26.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1% (9.8–16.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Ames city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,594 residents.
Churches near Lutheran Church of Hope Ames
- St. Andrew's Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community of Christ Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Birth Baptist Church - Ames, IA — 0.5 mi away
- Collegiate Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lighthouse Campus Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Collegiate United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Westside Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity Christian Reformed Church — 0.7 mi away
- International Outreach Inc — 0.8 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- St. Andrew's Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Memorial Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- University Lutheran Center — 1.1 mi away
- Bethesda Lutheran Church — 2.2 mi away
- Lutheran Church of Hope - Ames — 2.4 mi away