Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd is a Lutheran church at 3820 Southwest 9th Street in Des Moines, IA 50315. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 19 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Welcome to Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd! Firmly Planted on the SouthSide since 1949 Whether you are a newcomer or a long-time member, you belong here. Welcome!We are a community that gathers each week to celebrate the grace, love, and power of Jesus.Every Sunday we gather as a community of faith to declare the wonders of God. We sing, hear a relevant and challenging message from the Bible, share holy communion, and pray to our God who hears and answers our prayers.
3820 Southwest 9th Street, Des Moines, IA, 50315Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
Phone: (515) 282-9948 · Website: http://lcgsonline.org/
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd 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.
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The community around Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,100 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: 35.7%
- Obesity: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.4%
- Food Insecurity: 17.3%
- Unemployment: 6.2% (0.9–11.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd
- Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses Southern Hills Congregation — 0.3 mi away
- Park Avenue Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Park Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Southside Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- Changed Life Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- South Side Church & Community Center — 0.7 mi away
- Saint John's United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 1 mi away
- Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Lincoln Heights Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1.2 mi away
- Christ Lutheran Church — 2 mi away
- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 2.8 mi away