This small and friendly congregation has been in Livingston since 1946. The current church was built in 1962 on a spacious lot on Livingston Avenue. Dr. L. Richard Vossler has been the pastor for 12 years, coming to New Jersey after serving in New York City, Philadelphia and Binghamton, N.Y. He lives in Livingston with his wife and two teenage children.
Grace Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), which has more than 6,000 member congregations and nearly 1,400 early childhood education centers across the country. It also supports social ministries such as Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey and LCMS World Relief.
The congregation currently has about 125 members and is growing. Many young families have joined the church in the past few years after enrolling their children in the church's recently opened early childhood education center, Little Angels Christian Montessori School.