First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 604 W Broadway St in Decorah, IA 52101. It is one of 32 churches in Decorah, and one of 6 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We believe God loves you and the whole world.
First Lutheran Church, rooted in God’s amazing grace, is a welcoming community of worship, witness, growth, giving, and service to God and God’s people.
Serving since 1863 · Accessible parking · Part of Faith Growth Digital Ministry Network
604 W Broadway St, Decorah, IA, 52101Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 8am
Phone: (563) 382-2638 · Website: http://www.firstlutherandecorah.org/
First 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 Lutheran Church
- Food Pantry
- Senior Services
- Global Refuge
- Lutheran World Relief
- Lutherans Restoring Creation
- Lutheran Services in Iowa
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Latest from FLCDecorah's YouTube channel: 16th Sunday after Pentecost - September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Lutheran Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 31.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Benedicts Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Congregational United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Decorah UCC — 0.2 mi away
- Decorah Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Decorah Covenant Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Center for Faith and Life — 1 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Decorah Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Center for Faith and Life — 1 mi away
- Calmar Lutheran Church — 8.9 mi away in Calmar, IA