St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church at 119-15 135th Ave in New York, NY 11420. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 6 Evangelical Lutheran Church In America congregations in the city.
In response to Jesus’ Great Commission, we welcome all to faith in Christ, while being nourished to fulfill the mandate of serving others and making a difference in the world.
St. James-St. Matthew’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, organized in 1927, is a diverse congregation located in the urban area of South Ozone Park, Queens, in the City of New York.
Serving since 1927
119-15 135th Ave, New York, NY, 11420Service times
- Wednesday 6pm · August 26th by
Phone: +17188458770 · Website: http://southozoneparkchurch.org/
St. James-St. Matthew's 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.
Ministries at St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
- Food Ministry
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The community around St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,300 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: 40.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.6%
- Food Insecurity: 26.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
- Unemployment: 9.8% (5.9–13.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (7.2–18.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. James-St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
- People's Church — 0 mi away in South Ozone Park, NY
- Saint Anthony of Padua Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Believers Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- The Voice of Truth Church of God — 0.5 mi away in Queens, NY
- Christ Embassy Queens, Ny — 0.5 mi away in South Ozone Park, NY
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church — 0.6 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.6 mi away
- O.Z.P Church Of The Nazarene — 0.7 mi away in South Ozone Park, NY
- Ozone Park Church of the Nazeren — 0.7 mi away in South Ozone Park, NY
- Zion House of Worship — 0.7 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
- Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1.9 mi away
- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 2.1 mi away
- Grace Lutheran Church — 2.3 mi away
- Lutheran Church of Saint John — 3 mi away