First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church at 1230 5th Ave in Moline, IL 61265-1330. It is one of 78 churches in Moline, and one of 3 Evangelical Lutheran Church In America congregations in the city.

Our mission is to worship God, to serve others, to support one another, and to invite all people to share in this Christian ministry.

We are a friendly, active, and welcoming congregation! For 170 years, First Lutheran Church has witnessed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in this downtown setting.

1230 5th Ave, Moline, IL, 61265-1330

Service times

  • Sunday 9am

Phone: (309) 764-3517 · Website: https://www.firstlutheranmoline.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.

Ministries at First Lutheran Church

  • Meal Sites
  • Craft Group
  • Quilt Ministry
  • Men's Fellowship Group
  • Women's Bible Study
  • Act One Singles Ministry

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The community around First Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.5%
  • Obesity: 43.0%
  • Social Isolation: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
  • Child Poverty: 26.7% (10.6–42.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
  • Diabetes: 13.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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