St. John's Lutheran Church
St. John's Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 101 N. Spring St. in Elgin, IL 60120. It is one of 116 churches in Elgin, and one of 8 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Helping people grow in friendship, knowledge, and faith.
In an effort to fulfill its mission, St. John’s Lutheran Church focuses on service to our community and congregation, sound biblical teaching, and regular worship.
Wheelchair accessible · Part of Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
101 N. Spring St., Elgin, IL, 60120Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Phone: (847) 741-0814 · Website: http://stjohnselgin.org/
St. John's 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.
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Latest from St. John's Elgin's YouTube channel: St. John's Lutheran Church - August 2, 2026 (all videos).
The community around St. John's Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,200 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: 30.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.1%
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 37.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.3% (11.5–21.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (4.5–12.9%)
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (11.2–43.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.3% (9.4–25.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Diabetes: 13.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Elgin city is served by 46 churches — about one congregation for every 1,854 residents.
Churches near St. John's Lutheran Church
- Vineyard Church — 0 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Joseph Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Redeemer — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Carismatica Puerta de Sion — 0.1 mi away
- First Congregational Church UCC — 0.1 mi away
- Forest City Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios 7o Dia — 0.2 mi away
- Hope Culture Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Lutheran Church of Our Savior — 1.5 mi away
- Calvary Lutheran Church — 1.6 mi away