First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at East Main Street in Geneseo, IL 61254. It is one of 23 churches in Geneseo, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Sharing Christ’s Love among ourselves and with others is the mission of our church.
First Lutheran Church of Geneseo is a community of Christians actively living out our faith in Jesus Christ.
Wheelchair accessible · Part of Geneseo Ministerial Association
East Main Street, Geneseo, IL, 61254Service times
Saturday, August 8 from6:30-8:30 p.m.; Wednesday, from 06/03/2026 to 12/30/2026, 9:00 AM; Sunday, August 02, 2026Saturday worship is held every Saturday at 5:30 p.m (as listed)
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.
Ministries at First Lutheran Church
- Quilts for Lutheran World Relief
- Support to World Hunger
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Watch
Latest from First Lutheran Church Geneseo, IL's YouTube channel: Worship: Season of Creation (River & Stream) - September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 31.1%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Geneseo city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 250 residents.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Concordia Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kingswood Church — 0.6 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Muzzy Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.9 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Concordia Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- St John's Lutheran Church LCMS — 5.7 mi away
- Cambridge Lutheran Church — 10.3 mi away in Cambridge, IL
- Augusiana Lutheran Church — 12.7 mi away in Andover, IL
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 13 mi away in Orion, IL