Messiah Lutheran Church
Messiah Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 6358 South Wolcott Avenue in Chicago, IL 60636. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 115 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Serving since 1995
6358 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60636Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · morning
- Tuesday 10am · of th
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am · Closed -
Messiah Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,069 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Illinois — 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.
Ministries at Messiah Lutheran Church
- Praise Band
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Latest from MessiahLCMSChicago's YouTube channel: Sunday Service 08/02/2026 (all videos).
The community around Messiah Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 55.1%
- Obesity: 47.7%
- Social Isolation: 41.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 41.1%
- Poverty Rate: 40.6% (22.1–59.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.8%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.3% (11.8–30.8%)
- Unemployment: 13.2% (5.5–21.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Messiah Lutheran Church
- Church of Jesus Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Love Unlimited Christian Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Bread of Life Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Shield of Faith Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Shining Light Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Coptic Nation Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Capernaum Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- House of Prayer Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Goodhope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Fellowship Outreach Church — 0.2 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Golgotha Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Atonement Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- Hope Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Saint Stephens Lutheran Church — 1.3 mi away
- Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1.6 mi away