St Stephen's Lutheran Church

St Stephen's Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1406 Harper Avenue Northwest in Lenoir, NC 28645. It is one of 139 churches in Lenoir, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Empowered by God the Holy Spirit, the people of St. Stephen’s Evangelical Lutheran Church seek to live in obedience to the will of God the Father, and provide a community in which to grow in faith and love for the Triune God and all of God’s people, so that we may faithfully proclaim in word and deed the love and forgiveness of God the Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

1406 Harper Avenue Northwest, Lenoir, NC, 28645

Service times

  • Thursday 12pm–2pm

Phone: (828) 758-1261 · Website: http://www.ststephenslenoir.org/

St Stephen's Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 250 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across North Carolina — 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 St Stephen's Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and about 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 tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 28.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.0% (14.3–31.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 33.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
  • Diabetes: 17.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
  • Obesity: 39.8%
  • Depression: 26.8%
  • Child Poverty: 23.2% (4.0–42.5%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.4% (8.4–24.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Lenoir city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 541 residents.

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