First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 2800 McCallie Avenue in Chattanooga, TN 37404. It is one of 470 churches in Chattanooga, and one of 4 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, 37404Phone: 423-629-5990 · Website: https://www.first4u.org/
First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Lutheran Church
- Worship and Education
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Upcoming events at First Lutheran Church
- Sun, Aug 2 · 8:30 AM: 8:30 Divine Service
- Sun, Aug 2 · 9:45 AM: Sunday School
- Sun, Aug 2 · 11 AM: 11:00 Divine Service
- Tue, Aug 4 · 9 AM: Food Pantry
- Tue, Aug 4 · 1:30 PM: Bible Study with Pastor Pingel
From First Lutheran Church's public calendar (https://www.first4u.org/). Times are the church's local time.
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