Emmaus Lutheran Church
A Lutheran (LCMS) church with traditional hymns worship in Wauseon, OH
About Us
Emmaus is located in Wauseon, OH, a city of 7,300 located in rural northwest Ohio, about 30 miles west of Toledo. Wauseon is the county seat and is known for its exceptional school system and large county fair. The city’s location on Interstate 80 brings thousands of visitors each year, many who attend annual events at the county fairground.
Emmaus Lutheran Church is a member of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. Our congregation began in 1899 with services held near Ottokee. In 1911, we began conducting services in various locations around Wauseon, including members homes, City Hall, and other church buildings. Our first church building was built in 1924 on Fulton St, and still stands there. We moved to our current location at 841 N Shoop Ave in Wauseon after completion of the building in 1964. Our first service was held here on February 2, 1964.
We are grateful—Jesus walks with us along our paths.
We take the Bible seriously, because it is God’s Word and God gives us life through the message of the Bible.
- Programs
- Addiction/Recovery, Youth Group, Food Pantry, School
- Music
- Traditional Hymns, Contemporary, Organ
- Denomination
- Lutheran (LCMS)
- Size
- Small
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1911
Contact Information
Our Services
Service Times
- Sunday
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- 08:15am
- Creative Worship Service
- 09:30am
- Adult Bible Class & Children's Sunday School
- 10:45am
- Classic Worship Service
What to Expect
Leadership
Charles Althoff
Rev. Charles E. Althoff has been Pastor at Emmaus since February 19, 2006. Prior to his ministry at Emmaus, he served churches in Geneva, Ohio and in Cleveland, Ohio. Pastor Althoff also served as evangelistic missionary to the Philippines, highlighted by a fascination with cultural understandings for effective ministry. Pastor Althoff was born within the shadow of Ohio State’s famous horseshoe and is still a loyal Buckeye! His choice for college was the University of Kentucky. While attending classes at UK he met and married his soul-mate, Rosemary Barnes Bergman on September 1, 1974. He earned his Master of Divinity Degree from Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, while Rosemary received her PHT (“Putting Hubby Through”). Their union has been blessed with three children, who are now all grown and making their own way. Pastor says, “Memorizing Titus 3:3-5 was undoubtedly my first ‘Emmaus moment.’ Interestingly, this was part of an evangelism training course—and the prospective evangelizer was himself evangelized! I hope to be a mid-wife for the Holy Spirit in this congregation named, so appropriately, after the Easter experience described in Luke 24.” Pastor Althoff is very excited to be serving the people of Emmaus and the greater Wauseon community, in the name of Jesus. “May the Lord bless us with many ‘Emmaus Moments’.”Location & Directions
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