First German Evangelical Lutheran Church

First German Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at Mill Street in Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. It is one of 81 churches in Poughkeepsie.

Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601

First German Evangelical 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 German Evangelical 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 35.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
  • Social Isolation: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.6% (7.5–23.6%)
  • Unemployment: 9.2% (3.0–15.3%)
  • Obesity: 38.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.8% (9.0–26.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.5%

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

Poughkeepsie city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 1,268 residents.

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