Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 140 North Gay Street in Baltimore, MD 21202. It is one of 1,244 churches in Baltimore, and one of 42 Lutheran congregations in the city.

140 North Gay Street, Baltimore, MD, 21202

Shares a ministry location with Zion Church of the City of Baltimore.

Zion Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Zion Lutheran Church

  • German Language School
  • Social Ministry
  • Christian Education
  • German Traditions

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The community around Zion Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 92.2%
  • Social Isolation: 41.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.7% (16.8–32.7%)
  • Food Insecurity: 23.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
  • Depression: 24.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
  • Unemployment: 7.5% (2.8–12.8%)

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

Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.

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