Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Matteson, IL 60443. It is one of 20 churches in Matteson, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Inspired by the love of Christ our Savior, we are determined to seek and to save the lost, and to teach his believers to do the same.

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church has been serving the Crete community for over 150 years.

Matteson, IL, 60443

Service times

  • Saturday 9am
  • Sunday 10:15am · school meets mornings after worship

Zion 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 Zion Lutheran Church's YouTube channel: Sixteenth Sunday in Pentecost Saturday Worship Sept 12, 2026 (all videos).

The community around Zion Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 26.9%
  • Unemployment: 16.4% (8.4–24.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
  • Obesity: 38.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
  • Diabetes: 14.9%

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

Matteson village is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 8,856 residents.

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