First Lutheran Church

First 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.

Rockford, IL, 61104

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.

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The community around First Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 72.4%
  • Obesity: 53.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 49.8% (37.2–62.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 41.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.8%
  • Unemployment: 16.4% (8.3–24.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 37.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
  • Depression: 24.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.

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