Where is First Evangelical Lutheran Church located?

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is at 1401 12th Ave, Altoona, PA, 16601-3309.

What time are services at First Evangelical Lutheran Church?

First Evangelical Lutheran Church meets Saturday at 9am (morning). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Evangelical Lutheran Church?

First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Altoona, PA is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church at 1401 12th Ave in Altoona, PA 16601-3309. It is one of 89 churches in Altoona.

In other words, be the Light and Blessing of Christ.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, a Gospel-centered community of believers, is committed to proclaiming God’s love by following Christ’s example of perfect obedience, service and love, and by helping all people to mature daily in the gift of faith.

Wheelchair accessible

1401 12th Ave, Altoona, PA, 16601-3309

Service times

Saturday 9am · morning

Phone: (814) 942-3816 · Website: https://firstlutheranaltoona.org/

First Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,011 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Childcare and School Programs
Bible Study
Circle of Hope
Harvest Home
Fundraisers
Childcare and School

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The community around First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
Diabetes: 18.7%
Obesity: 42.7%
Poverty Rate: 29.1% (18.7–39.5%)
Depression: 27.8%
Unemployment: 9.5% (1.8–18.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near First Evangelical Lutheran Church

Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament — 0.1 mi away
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Center City Church — 0.1 mi away
Day One of Greater Altoona — 0.2 mi away
CLC Church — 0.2 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Champion Life Church — 0.2 mi away
St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
Eighteenth Street Community Church — 0.3 mi away

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