Emmanuel Mar Thoma Church

Emmanuel Mar Thoma Church is a Catholic church at 101 E 81st St in Lubbock, TX 79404-6501. It is one of 355 churches in Lubbock, and one of 14 Catholic congregations in the city.

The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church sees itself as continuation of the Saint Thomas Christians a community traditionally believed to have been founded in the first century by Thomas the Apostle who is known as Mar Thoma (Saint Thomas) in Syriac, and describes itself as “Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical) in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function, and Episcopal in character”

Serving since 1979

101 E 81st St, Lubbock, TX, 79404-6501

Service times

  • Sunday 9:30am · Ordinary Service

Phone: (806) 368-8639 · Website: https://emtclubbock.org/

Emmanuel Mar Thoma Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,256 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Texas — 18,926 across the United States on The Church Map.

From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.

Ministries at Emmanuel Mar Thoma Church

  • Holy Communion Service
  • Ordinary Service
  • Sevika Sangam Meeting
  • Sunday School
  • Yuvajana Sakhyam
  • Edavaka Mission Prayer

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The community around Emmanuel Mar Thoma Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. About 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (9.4–22.4%)
  • Obesity: 38.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (9.3–29.9%)

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

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