Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is a Lutheran church at 5402 Wren Avenue in Saint Louis, MO 63120. It is one of 486 churches in Saint Louis, and one of 21 Lutheran congregations in the city.

5402 Wren Avenue, Saint Louis, MO, 63120

Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Missouri Synod is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 314 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Missouri — 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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The community around Saint Matthew Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 2,300 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: 49.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 45.9%
  • Social Isolation: 41.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 37.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.7%
  • Diabetes: 24.0%
  • Unemployment: 21.1% (11.9–30.2%)
  • Poverty Rate: 24.7% (7.5–41.9%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.6% (9.0–26.2%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

St. Louis city is served by 405 churches — about one congregation for every 735 residents.

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