Where is First Lutheran Church located?

First Lutheran Church is at 1208 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202.

What time are services at First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church in Cincinnati, OH is a Lutheran church. It is one of 11 Lutheran congregations in Cincinnati.

First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1208 Race Street in Cincinnati, OH 45202. It is one of 766 churches in Cincinnati, and one of 11 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Our Purpose is to Share the Love of God.

FLC is a worshipping community in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati (across from Washington Park directly next to the Washington Park Streetcar Platform). We are rooted in the belief that the Christian gospel is true, compelling, and transformative.

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1208 Race Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (513) 421-0065 · Website: https://www.firstlutherancincy.org/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 768 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Ohio — 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.

Find First Lutheran Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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Latest from FirstLutheranCincy's YouTube channel: Pastor Josh' Sermon on August 2nd, 2026. (all videos).

The community around First Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 34.8%
Poverty Rate: 22.9%
Unemployment: 10.7% (4.8–16.7%)
Obesity: 36.8%
Depression: 26.3%
Food Insecurity: 18.0%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Cincinnati city is served by 229 churches — about one congregation for every 1,374 residents.

Churches near First Lutheran Church

Christ Chapel — 0.1 mi away
Nast-Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Bethlehem Temple "The Bread House" — 0.1 mi away
City Church OTR — 0.1 mi away
City Gospel Mission — 0.2 mi away
The Cincinnati Oratory — 0.2 mi away
Old Saint Mary’s Church — 0.2 mi away
New Unity Church of God — 0.3 mi away
Metropolitan Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away

More Lutheran churches nearby

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
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Immanuel Lutheran Church — 2.8 mi away
Norwood English Lutheran Church — 4 mi away in Norwood, OH

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