Saint John Lutheran Church
Saint John Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Defiance, OH 43512. It is one of 72 churches in Defiance, and one of 6 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Defiance, OH, 43512Saint John 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.
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The community around Saint John Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 34.3%
- Obesity: 36.3%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
- Poverty Rate: 16.3% (9.3–23.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.3%
- Diabetes: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Defiance city is served by 31 churches — about one congregation for every 284 residents.
Churches near Saint John Lutheran Church
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Gathering Place — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Marys Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Pauls United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel Christian Assembly Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Defiance Church of the Brethren — 0.3 mi away
- King's Cross Church — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Saint Paul Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 1.6 mi away
- Saint Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church — 8.5 mi away in Napoleon, OH
- Saint Mark's Lutheran Church — 9.2 mi away
- Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church — 9.2 mi away