Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Gaithersburg, MD 20877. It is one of 125 churches in Gaithersburg, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Gaithersburg, MD, 20877

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 289 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Maryland — 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 Good Shepherd 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. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and more than 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.9% (16.3–33.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Gaithersburg city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 4,117 residents.

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