… beginning in West Central Spokane

We invite you to join us for worship on Sundays at 10:15 a.m., in person or digitally through our Facebook page.

Land Acknowledgement

The founding of Salem Lutheran Church in 1888 was made possible by the displacement and dispossession of the four bands of the Spokane Tribe of Indians. We acknowledge and honor the Spokane Tribe, who have and continue to care for this land, which is their home since time immemorial. Our church has and continues to benefit from colonization and the harm done to the Spokane Tribe, and all the tribes who gathered here historically and today. We commit to act upon these truths and engage in repair.

135 years ago, a group of Swedish immigrants planted this church. Over the generations, the congregation has recommitted to being a community at the corner of Walnut and Broadway Avenue in the West Central neighborhood of Spokane, Washington. We are located two blocks north of the Spokane River and two blocks west of the courthouse. As the neighborhood continues to change, we remain dedicated to living out our faith together with our neighbors of all kinds.

At worship, we gather around stories, songs, and signs of God’s grace in water, bread, and wine. God loves the whole world and all its creatures. God became human in Jesus and faced crucifixion and death for loving so-called unlovable people. God’s Holy Spirit has called us here, to this corner, to continue that work of radical love. Here we taste, see, hear, and sing this love of God so that we can seek and live it out all our days.

We are rooted in the Lutheran way of following Christ and yet broadly ecumenical.

Our mission

Secure in the grace God offers to all, we seek and celebrate God’s presence for the life of the world, beginning in West Central Spokane and reaching to every corner where we are.

About us

We are part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and we are a registered Reconciling in Christ congregation.

Music ministry

Salem is blessed with several gifted music leaders who rotate leading worship on Sunday mornings.

Drew Olsen (he/him/his) serves in this rotation and also directs our church choir (practice is held on Thursdays at 6pm).
Vonnie Rentner (she/her/hers) serves as well, and guides a folk music group called Simple Gifts.