Lutheran Church of the Cross
Lutheran Church of the Cross is a Lutheran church at 2601 North Ave in Metropolis, IL 62960-2539. It is one of 44 churches in Metropolis, and one of 4 Lutheran congregations in the city.
"Gifted by God's grace, we seek to share God's love in Jesus Christ for everyone through word and deed."
Lutheran Church of the Cross is one of about 150 congregations in the Central/Southern Illinois Synod.
2601 North Ave, Metropolis, IL, 62960-2539Service times
- Sunday 9am · School
Phone: +16185244628 · Website: http://www.lutheranchurchofcross.org/
Lutheran Church of the Cross 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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The community around Lutheran Church of the Cross
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 42.9%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
- Food Insecurity: 21.6%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
- Depression: 23.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Lutheran Church of the Cross
- Metropolis Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Metropolis — 0.4 mi away
- World of Pentecost Upc Church — 0.5 mi away
- Weaver Creek Church — 0.7 mi away
- Grace Church Metropolis — 0.7 mi away
- Just-By-Faith — 0.9 mi away
- Kingdom Hall Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.9 mi away
- Lighthouse Assembly of God Church — 1 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Mount Horeb Freewilll Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 1.5 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 2.1 mi away
- St John Lutheran Church — 6.5 mi away
- St Stephen's Lutheran Church — 7 mi away
- Amazing Grace Lutheran Church — 8.9 mi away in Paducah, KY
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