Cross of Life Lutheran Church

Cross of Life Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Plainfield, NJ 07062. It is one of 79 churches in Plainfield.

Plainfield, NJ, 07062

Cross of Life 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.

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The community around Cross of Life Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 35.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (9.1–20.2%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Plainfield city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 2,470 residents.

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