Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is a Evangelical Lutheran Church In America church at 1003 Richland St in Columbia, SC 29201-2407. It is one of 535 churches in Columbia.
Having served the Eau Claire community and surrounding area for over a century, Ascension Lutheran has been led since 2013 by Reverend Jackie Utley; known to the congregation as Pastor Jackie.
1003 Richland St, Columbia, SC, 29201-2407Service times
- Monday 9:30am
Phone: +18037650590 · Website: https://www.ascensionlutherancolumbia.com/
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 192 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across South Carolina — 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 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 35.9%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Child Poverty: 34.9% (27.9–51.0%)
- Depression: 27.6%
- Food Insecurity: 18.1% (13.9–23.1%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Arsenal Hill Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Good Shepherd Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke the Evangelist Romanian Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Main Street United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central City Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sidney Park CME Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Selfless Church — 0.3 mi away
- Forward City Church — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Ebenezer Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Paul’s Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Reformation Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saintt Luke Lutheran Church — 2 mi away
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