First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Jamestown, NY 14701. It is one of 60 churches in Jamestown, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Jamestown, NY, 14701

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 525 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across New York — 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 First 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third 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: 56.9% (42.1–71.6%)
  • Poverty Rate: 38.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.4%
  • Obesity: 42.5%
  • Social Isolation: 32.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Diabetes: 16.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
  • Unemployment: 11.0% (5.9–16.1%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Jamestown city is served by 35 churches — about one congregation for every 819 residents.

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