Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 428 Ovington Avenue in New York, NY 11209. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 103 Lutheran congregations in the city.

We have a rich tradition that goes back more than 100 years. Our congregation continues to grow because of all we have to offer... Sunday worship service, good fellowship, support, sense of community, senior center, elementary school, domestic violence program, Sunday School, Boy Scouts, Meals-on-Wheels, hot lunch program, Alcoholics Anonymous, youth organizations, and much more

428 Ovington Avenue, New York, NY, 11209

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am · Worship Service
  • Sunday 3pm · SchoolChildren over age of are welcome
  • Sunday 9:15am · SchoolChildren over age of are welcome

Bethlehem Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 537 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across New York — 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.

Ministries at Bethlehem Lutheran Church

  • Sunday School
  • Meals-on-Wheels
  • Alcoholics Anonymous
  • Senior Center
  • Domestic Violence Program
  • Boy Scouts
  • Hot Lunch Program
  • Youth Organizations

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The community around Bethlehem 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 4,900 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.

  • Social Isolation: 35.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 21.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
  • Unemployment: 7.2% (2.6–11.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.

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