First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 463 North Maria Avenue in Saint Paul, MN 55106. It is one of 137 churches in Saint Paul, and one of 14 Lutheran congregations in the city.

First Lutheran is a progressive congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a Reconciling Works congregation meaning that we are open and affirming to LGBTQIA+ folks and celebrating Black, Brown, and Indigenous leadership.

463 North Maria Avenue, Saint Paul, MN, 55106

Service times

  • Sunday 10am

Phone: (651) 776-7210 · Website: https://www.eastsidefirst.com/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,482 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Minnesota — 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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The community around First Lutheran Church

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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.4%
  • Depression: 24.9%
  • Child Poverty: 24.7% (9.4–40.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.1% (12.1–30.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

St. Paul city is served by 117 churches — about one congregation for every 2,639 residents.

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