First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 912 Lake Avenue in Detroit Lakes, MN 56501. It is one of 31 churches in Detroit Lakes, and one of 9 Lutheran congregations in the city.

"We are God's children opening doors, inviting all people into a relationship with Jesus Christ, equipping them through growth in faith, and sending them out to serve all of God's creations."

First Lutheran Church is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), serving the Detroit Lakes, MN area. We are a church committed to being a caring and loving community of believers, welcoming all to worship joyfully, grow in faith, and serve near and far in Jesus' name.

912 Lake Avenue, Detroit Lakes, MN, 56501

Service times

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am

Phone: (218) 847-5656 · Website: http://www.firstlutheranchurch.com/

First 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.

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Latest from First Lutheran Church's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship Service | September 13, 2026 (all videos).

The community around First Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 37.6%
  • Social Isolation: 28.5%
  • Depression: 25.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Detroit Lakes city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 767 residents.

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