First English Lutheran Church
First English Lutheran Church is a church at 104 North Gilpin Street in Punxsutawney, PA 15767. It is one of 19 churches in Punxsutawney.
And our mission is also to spread the Good News of the Risen Lord to all who hear!
We are one parish with two churches who strive to carry out the mission and ministry of Christ.
Part of Northwestern PA Synod
104 North Gilpin Street, Punxsutawney, PA, 15767Website: https://www.punxsylutherans.org/
First English Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First English Lutheran Church
- Disaster Relief
- Hunger Relief
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The community around First English 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. Nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Child Poverty: 27.2% (10.1–44.3%)
- Depression: 25.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
- Poverty Rate: 21.4% (12.1–30.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Punxsutawney borough is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 955 residents.
Churches near First English Lutheran Church
- The Salvation Army — 0.1 mi away
- Journey Church — 0.1 mi away
- Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Punxsy First United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- TCC — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- One Life Church — 0.5 mi away
- Woodland Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Elk Run Good News Center — 0.6 mi away
- SS Cosmas & Damian Church — 0.6 mi away