First Evangelical Lutheran Church
First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Decatur, IL 62523. It is one of 165 churches in Decatur, and one of 8 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Decatur, IL, 62523Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · Service
First Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,082 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Illinois — 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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Latest from First Evangelical Lutheran Church Decatur, Il's YouTube channel: FELC Worship Service 9/13/2026 (all videos).
The community around First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 49.9%
- Poverty Rate: 34.7% (21.9–47.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 34.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
- Unemployment: 16.4% (5.9–26.9%)
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Diabetes: 16.0%
- Depression: 23.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Decatur city is served by 57 churches — about one congregation for every 932 residents.
Churches near First Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Unity Center-Inspired Living — 0 mi away
- Dominion City Church International — 0.1 mi away
- St Peters Ame Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Salem Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Army Citadel — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Saint Pauls Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 1.5 mi away
- Pilgrim Lutheran Church — 2 mi away