First Evangelical Lutheran Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1000 3rd Avenue Southeast in Cedar Rapids, IA 52403. It is one of 166 churches in Cedar Rapids, and one of 12 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Part of Southeastern Iowa Synod
1000 3rd Avenue Southeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52403Service times
- Saturday 5pm
- Sunday 9am
- Sunday 11:15am
Phone: (319) 365-1494 · Website: https://www.firstlutherancr.org/
First Evangelical Lutheran Church 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 First Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Visitation Ministry
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The community around First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Poverty Rate: 25.3% (14.0–36.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.3%
- Obesity: 38.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
- Depression: 26.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
- Unemployment: 7.7% (1.4–14.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Cedar Rapids city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 984 residents.
Churches near First Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hispanic Minsitry — 0.1 mi away
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Ame Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Light Of The World Church — 0.5 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Bethany Lutheran Church — 1.6 mi away
- Word of God Lutheran Church for the Deaf — 1.6 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Lutheran Church — 1.8 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 1.8 mi away
- Hope Lutheran Church — 2.2 mi away