First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 550 E. Shepherd Street in Charlotte, MI 48813. It is one of 35 churches in Charlotte.
To proclaim God’s Word, to administer the sacraments, and to organize ourselves in such a manner that the body of Christ is nurtured, equipped, and expanded, and that the community and world are served in the name of Christ.
Our goal as a Church is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to love the town of Charlotte, and to serve its people.
550 E. Shepherd Street, Charlotte, MI, 48813Phone: (517) 543-3828 · Website: http://www.firstlutherancharlotte.org/
First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 908 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Michigan — 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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Latest from First Lutheran Church Charlotte MI's YouTube channel: Our Gifts from God - Matthew 14:13-21 - August 2, 2026 - 11:15 AM (all videos).
The community around First Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 32.7%
- Depression: 29.1%
- Obesity: 39.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Charlotte city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 895 residents.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- Saint Mary Church — 0.1 mi away
- Charlotte Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Crossroads Church of the United Brethren in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Discovery Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- St. John's Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Charlotte Assembly of God — 0.6 mi away
- New Faith Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
- Community Of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Liberty Church Of Charlotte — 0.7 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Peace Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 14 mi away in Grand Ledge, MI
- Our Savior Lutheran Church and School — 14.1 mi away in Lansing, MI
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 14.4 mi away in Holt, MI
- Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church — 14.7 mi away in Waverly, MI
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