Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Emmanuel Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Rockford, IL 61104. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford, and one of 23 Lutheran congregations in the city.
This designates this congregation as "open and accepting to all who come, regardless of socio-economic status, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or spiritual path", as states in Emmanuel's welcome statement.
Part of Northern IL Synod
Rockford, IL, 61104Service times
- Monday 5pm
- Tuesday 9:30am–11am
- Thursday 5:30pm–6:15pm
Emmanuel 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 Emmanuel Lutheran Church
- Cardio Drumming
- Yoga
- Women's Interfaith Potluck
- Soul Garden Forest Preserve Walks
- Bible Study
- Silent Meditation
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The community around Emmanuel 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 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 79.8%
- Obesity: 52.7%
- Poverty Rate: 51.2%
- Food Insecurity: 43.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.2%
- Diabetes: 20.9%
- Unemployment: 16.3% (7.4–25.2%)
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
- Depression: 24.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near Emmanuel Lutheran Church
- Emmanuel Lutheral Mission House — 0.1 mi away
- Five Gates Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Spirit of Truth Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Walkers Assembly International — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saints Constantine & Helen Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Laotian Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethany United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Faith Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Salem Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 1 mi away