First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 126 North Jefferson Street in Ottumwa, IA 52501. It is one of 70 churches in Ottumwa, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

126 North Jefferson Street, Ottumwa, IA, 52501

Phone: +1 641 682 8334 · Website: http://firstlutheranottumwa.com/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 840 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Iowa — 15,755 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 First Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 43.2%
  • Social Isolation: 35.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
  • Child Poverty: 23.3% (10.7–36.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.6–30.5%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.6%
  • Diabetes: 13.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Ottumwa city is served by 48 churches — about one congregation for every 285 residents.

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