Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Evangelical Lutheran church in Carteret, NJ 07008. It is one of 24 churches in Carteret.
Carteret, NJ, 07008Service times
Wednesdays at 1:30pm; Sundays at 10am; Sunday School - 2nd & 4th Sundays at 10:00amBible Study - Tuesdays at 7:30pmFood Distribution - Wednesdays at 1:30pm (as listed)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 226 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across New Jersey — 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.
Ministries at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Food Distribution
- Bible Study
- Sunday School
- Homeless Outreach
- Community Engagement
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The community around Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 14.1% (5.8–22.4%)
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.1%
- Food Insecurity: 19.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Carteret borough is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 1,677 residents.
Churches near Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Truth & Testimony Christian Temple — 0 mi away
- Saint Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0 mi away
- Divine Mercy Parish — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ the King Knanaya Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. George Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Mi Casa De Refugio — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Elizabeth's Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
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- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 3.8 mi away in Linden, NJ
- Shalem Indian Pentecostal Church — 4.1 mi away in Colonia, NJ
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