First Evangelical Lutheran Church

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 2519 Grove Street, Blue Island, IL, 60406 in Blue Island, IL 60406. It is one of 32 churches in Blue Island, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Services in Spanish · Wheelchair accessible · Part of Metropolitan Chicago Synod

2519 Grove Street, Blue Island, IL, 60406, Blue Island, IL, 60406

Website: http://www.firstlutheranbi.org/

Shares a ministry location with Casa De Oracion Vida, Esperanza, Y Verdad.

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

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The community around First Evangelical 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 say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,300 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: 28.1%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
  • Unemployment: 10.3% (4.1–16.6%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (6.1–17.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Blue Island city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 975 residents.

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