Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Our Saviour Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 4003 2nd Ave in Des Moines, IA 50313. It is one of 356 churches in Des Moines, and one of 19 Lutheran congregations in the city.
It is our mission and goal to help share the good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world.
Our Saviour Lutheran Church found its beginning on March 16th, 1945, by the Voters Assembly at Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS) in Des Moines, Iowa.
Serving since 1946 · Wheelchair accessible
4003 2nd Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50313Service times
- Sunday 10:15am · Fellowship Time
Phone: (515) 244-9347 · Website: http://www.oursaviour-lutheran.org/
Our Saviour 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.
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The community around Our Saviour Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 26.2%
- Obesity: 43.0%
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Child Poverty: 25.0% (13.2–36.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
- Poverty Rate: 16.9% (9.9–23.9%)
- Diabetes: 14.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
- Unemployment: 6.4% (2.9–10.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Our Saviour Lutheran Church
- Aurora Avenue Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sundry Church — 0.3 mi away
- Stover Memorial Church — 0.3 mi away
- Highland Park Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Northridge Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Highland Park Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Highland Park Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- All Saints Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- True Bible Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Epworth United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Highland Park Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grand View Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away
- Luther Memorial Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 2.6 mi away
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 2.7 mi away