Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 47745 Mill Road in Houghton, MI 49931. It is one of 21 churches in Houghton, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Peace Lutheran Church is a member of the Wisconsin Synod and home to Peace Campus Ministry, a registered student organization at Michigan Tech.
Part of Wisconsin Synod
47745 Mill Road, Houghton, MI, 49931Website: https://www.peacehoughton.org/
Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 39.9%
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Depression: 30.3%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (6.1–15.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 19.1% (13.1–27.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1% (9.5–17.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Michigan Tech Cru — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- His House Christian Fellowship — 1 mi away
- Peninsula Christian Church — 1.1 mi away in Hancock, MI
- Canterbury House — 1.1 mi away
- Peninsula Christian Church — 1.1 mi away in Dollar Bay, MI
- Portage Lake United Church — 1.2 mi away
- Evangel Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church & Rectory — 1.5 mi away in Dollar Bay, MI