Open Door Church of God in Christ
Open Door Church of God in Christ is a Lutheran church at 12411 East 7 Mile Road in Detroit, MI 48205. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 26 Lutheran congregations in the city.
A Place of Continual Worship
Pastor Alan R. Evans is a spiritual father, trusted advisor, holiness preacher, student and teacher of The Word, and a lover of people.
Serving since 1991
12411 East 7 Mile Road, Detroit, MI, 48205Phone: (313) 526-3460 · Website: http://www.odcdet.org/
Shares a ministry location with Redemption Lutheran Church.
Open Door Church of God in Christ is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 917 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Michigan — 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 Open Door Church of God in Christ
- Food Distribution
- Summer Camp
- Wellness Services
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Latest from The Open Door Church Of God in Christ-Detroit's YouTube channel: Noon Worship Service | Pastor Alan R. Evans Sr. | Sunday, Sept 20, 2026 | Open Door COGIC - Detroit (all videos).
The community around Open Door Church of God in Christ
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 half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 49.0%
- Food Insecurity: 47.5%
- Child Poverty: 46.8% (27.5–66.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
- Poverty Rate: 32.3% (19.0–45.6%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.8%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.0%
- Unemployment: 10.1% (4.4–16.4%)
- Depression: 23.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near Open Door Church of God in Christ
- Redemption Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- New Beginnings Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church of Detroit — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Church Apostolic — 0.2 mi away
- Exousia United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Branch Outreach Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Walking in the Light Church-Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Victory Word Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grace Church of the Nazarene — 0.6 mi away
- True Church Ministries — 0.7 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church -Detroit — 1.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Lutheran Church — 1.3 mi away
- Mt Calvary Lutheran Church — 2.1 mi away in Warren, MI
- Charity Lutheran Church — 2.1 mi away
- East Bethelehem Lutheran Church — 2.3 mi away