First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Newton, IA 50208. It is one of 39 churches in Newton, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.

We are dedicated to celebrating God’s love, growing in faith, and reaching out in compassion to all.

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Newton, IA, 50208

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

Ministries at First Lutheran Church

  • Community Service Projects
  • Bible Studies

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The community around First Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 40.4%
  • Child Poverty: 38.0% (26.1–50.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 31.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 16.3%
  • Diabetes: 14.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.7–17.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Newton city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 473 residents.

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