Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church
Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 5878 Pine Beach Rd in Brainerd, MN 56401. It is one of 25 churches in Brainerd, and one of 5 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We are committed to helping people know Christ as their Savior, grow in their relationship with Christ, and be involved in sharing Christ other people both locally and globally.
Good Shepherd was formed in 2008 by a group of people who were concerned about providing a conservative Lutheran church in the Brainerd Lakes area that would be committed to the inerrancy of Scripture and would emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
5878 Pine Beach Rd, Brainerd, MN, 56401Service times
- Sunday 9am
Phone: (218) 824-3052 · Website: https://www.goodshepherdfreelutheran.church/
Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,487 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Minnesota — 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 Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church
- Bible Study Groups
- Youth Programs
- Music Ministry
- Missions Committee
- Community Service
- Grief Support
- Support for Single Pregnant Women
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Latest from Good Shepherd Free Lutheran - Brainerd, MN's YouTube channel: September 13, 2026 Worship Service (all videos).
The community around Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter 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.
- Obesity: 36.9%
- Social Isolation: 26.9%
- Depression: 23.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church
- Community of Hope Church of the Nazarene — 0.8 mi away
- Living Word North — 0.9 mi away
- All Saints Catholic Church — 1 mi away
- The Journey North Community Church — 1.4 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Lakewood Evangelical Church — 2.4 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church — 2.5 mi away in Baxter, MN
- First Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Lakes Area Presbyterian Church — 2.8 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Heritage Church — 3.6 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Lakes Area Church of Christ — 3.8 mi away in Baxter, MN
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Lord of Life Lutheran Church — 2.5 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 4.2 mi away in Baxter, MN
- Zion Lutheran Church (LCMS) — 4.3 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 4.4 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 4.6 mi away
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