Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 4000 Hudson Road in Cedar Falls, IA 50613. It is one of 58 churches in Cedar Falls, and one of 5 Lutheran congregations in the city.

At Bethlehem we have the vision of "Sharing the Bread of Life with the Hungry World". The name Bethlehem means "House of Bread". We are blessed to be a place where anyone can come and be fed with God's Word and the body of blood of Christ. We work to feed the hungry in body and spirit. We care for all people and are thankful to be a church where all ages are welcomed and celebrated.

Part of Northeastern Iowa Synod. The NEIA Synod

4000 Hudson Road, Cedar Falls, IA, 50613

Website: http://www.bethlehemcf.org/

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

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The community around Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third 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.

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  • Poverty Rate: 37.7%
  • Social Isolation: 39.4%
  • Depression: 27.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.5% (15.5–27.4%)
  • Obesity: 36.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Cedar Falls city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 792 residents.

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