Where is First Lutheran Church located?

First Lutheran Church is at 2800 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, 37404.

What time are services at First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church meets Sunday at 10am (School). Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church in Chattanooga, TN is a Lutheran church. It is one of 5 Lutheran congregations in Chattanooga.

What events are coming up at First Lutheran Church?

First Lutheran Church has 5 upcoming events on its public calendar, including CTSFW Continuing Ed at First Lutheran, Food Pantry, Bible Study with Pastor Pingel.

First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 2800 McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga, TN 37404. It is one of 478 churches in Chattanooga, and one of 5 Lutheran congregations in the city.

First Lutheran Church was founded on the Gospel of Jesus Christ in 1887 and is the historic "mother" church of the other Lutheran Churches in the Chattanooga area.

Part of Missouri Synod

2800 McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, 37404

Service times

Sunday 10am · School

Phone: (423) 629-5990 · Website: https://www.first4u.org/

First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 109 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Tennessee — 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 Lutheran Church

Worship and Education

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Upcoming events at First Lutheran Church

Tue, Sep 22 · 9 AM: CTSFW Continuing Ed at First Lutheran
Tue, Sep 22 · 9 AM: Food Pantry
Tue, Sep 22 · 1:30 PM: Bible Study with Pastor Pingel
Sun, Sep 27 · 8:30 AM: 8:30 Divine Service
Sun, Sep 27 · 9:45 AM: Sunday School

From First Lutheran Church's public calendar (https://www.first4u.org/). Times are the church's local time.

Watch

Latest from First Lutheran Church, Chattanooga's YouTube channel: Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 9/13/2026 (all videos).

The community around First Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 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: 33.3%
Poverty Rate: 31.1% (18.5–43.8%)
Diabetes: 19.1%
Obesity: 44.5%
Depression: 27.2%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.1% (9.5–26.6%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
Unemployment: 7.1% (2.0–12.4%)

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

Chattanooga city is served by 236 churches — about one congregation for every 791 residents.

Churches near First Lutheran Church

Great Commission Church — 0.4 mi away
Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
New City Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
Ridgedale Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
Second Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
New City Fellowship — 0.7 mi away
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church — 0.7 mi away
New Life Tabernacle Church of Chattanooga — 0.7 mi away
Stanley United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away

More Lutheran churches nearby

Ascension Lutheran Church — 1.5 mi away
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church — 2.2 mi away in Chattonooga, TN
Saint Philip Lutheran Church — 2.9 mi away
Living Hope Lutheran Church — 4.4 mi away

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