Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church

Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Elizabeth, NJ 07201. It is one of 135 churches in Elizabeth, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Elizabeth, NJ, 07201

Shares a ministry location with Santa Isabel Lutheran Church.

Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 231 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across New Jersey — 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 Marks Evangelical 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,500 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 35.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 32.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.2% (16.1–28.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.4% (4.9–13.9%)
  • Poverty Rate: 21.0% (11.7–30.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
  • Diabetes: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Elizabeth city is served by 60 churches — about one congregation for every 2,261 residents.

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