Where is First Lutheran Church located?

First Lutheran Church is at 364 E WATER STREET, Galesburg, IL, 61401.

What time are services at First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church meets Sunday at 9:30am (morning). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church in Galesburg, IL is a Lutheran church. It is one of 4 Lutheran congregations in Galesburg.

First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 364 E WATER STREET in Galesburg, IL 61401. It is one of 62 churches in Galesburg, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.

First Lutheran Church is a Congregation of the Northern Illinois Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).

364 E WATER STREET, Galesburg, IL, 61401

Service times

Sunday 9:30am · morning

Phone: (309) 343-3176 · Website: http://www.galesburgfirstlutheran.org/

First 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 Lutheran Galesburg's YouTube channel: Confirmation 2013 (all videos).

The community around First 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 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 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.

Poverty Rate: 33.6% (23.7–43.6%)
Food Insecurity: 31.4%
Obesity: 41.6%
Social Isolation: 38.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
Depression: 26.5%
Diabetes: 13.1%
Unemployment: 6.2% (2.2–10.2%)

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

Galesburg city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 432 residents.

Churches near First Lutheran Church

Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Grace Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
The Quest Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
Salvation Army — 0.3 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away

More Lutheran churches nearby

Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
Grace Lutheran Church — 5.2 mi away in Knoxville, IL
Messiah Lutheran Church — 5.4 mi away
Faith Lutheran Church — 6.7 mi away in Wataga, IL

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