St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church was formally organized in Hammond, Indiana, as a congregation in 1882 by German settlers to the Calumet region. For many years St. Paul's congregation worshipped at a facility located on Clinton Street in Hammond. A Christian Day School was begun in 1886, located for most of its years at Erie and Eaton Streets.

The completion of our present Christian Life Center in 1980, saw, for the first time in our history, the church and day school under the same roof.

St. Paul's has been a member congregation of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod since our organization. Through this fellowship with over 6,000 other Lutheran congregations, we support a variety of special ministries, support missionaries in 30 countries, participate in many social service agencies, and support a higher educational system of 13 colleges and two seminaries.

You are warmly invited to visit any of our worship services and activities, to share in the love of Jesus that brings us together as God's people.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)