Desert Springs Lutheran Church

Desert Springs Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Truth or Consequences, NM 87901. It is one of 24 churches in Truth or Consequences.

Truth or Consequences, NM, 87901

Desert Springs Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 59 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across New Mexico — 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 Desert Springs Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.

  • Child Poverty: 51.0% (31.5–70.4%)
  • Poverty Rate: 45.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.8%
  • Diabetes: 20.6%
  • Obesity: 40.9%
  • Social Isolation: 32.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
  • Depression: 24.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.8%

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

Truth or Consequences city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 359 residents.

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