St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran is a Lutheran church in Scranton, PA 18510. It is one of 88 churches in Scranton, and one of 5 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Scranton, PA, 18510St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran 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.
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The community around St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,400 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.
- Poverty Rate: 41.7% (30.6–52.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
- Depression: 25.8%
- Child Poverty: 24.4% (8.3–40.5%)
- Diabetes: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Scranton city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 2,306 residents.
Churches near St Matthew's United Evangelical Lutheran
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- St. Nicholas Orthodox Greek Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Madonna Della Strada Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Manse;Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Elm Park Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Reformed Baptist Church of Scranton — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Bible Understanding — 0.3 mi away
- Indonesian Full Gospel Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Saint Johns Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- St Peters Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Peace Lutheran Church — 2.3 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 2.7 mi away
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