First Lutheran Church
First Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Galveston, TX 77550. It is one of 125 churches in Galveston, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Galveston, TX, 77550Service times
- Sunday 10am
First Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 736 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Texas — 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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Latest from First Lutheran Church of Galveston's YouTube channel: Sunday Service- August 2, 2026, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (all videos).
The community around First Lutheran Church
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. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,100 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (9.0–24.8%)
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (3.4–14.4%)
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
- Poverty Rate: 19.7% (12.5–27.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Galveston city is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 602 residents.
Churches near First Lutheran Church
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- Compton Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- William Temple Episcopal Center — 0.2 mi away
- Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesley Tabernacle United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Augustine Of Hippo Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Josephs Church — 0.3 mi away
- St Joseph's Church — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- Zion Retreat Center - St. Francis of the Island Lutheran Church — 3.4 mi away
- Memorial Lutheran Church — 9 mi away in Texas City, TX
- Peace Lutheran Church — 14.7 mi away in Texas City, TX
- Abiding Saviour Lutheran Church — 15 mi away in Hitchcock, TX