First organized as a mission of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Highland Park, the Faith Lutheran Church of Lake Forest began meeting in 1937 in response to the substantial number of Lutherans in Lake Forest who did not have a church to call their own; those who regularly attended church had to travel to other communities, such as Waukegan and Highland Park. These attendees ultimately decided to organize a Lake Forest congregation. From its foundation in 1937 until 1954, services were held in different facilities around Lake Forest -- notably the American Legion Hall and the Masonic Temple.

First organized as a mission of the Redeemer Lutheran Church of Highland Park, the Faith Lutheran Church of Lake Forest began meeting in 1937 in response to the substantial number of Lutherans in Lake Forest who did not have a church to call their own; those who regularly attended church had to travel to other communities, such as Waukegan and Highland Park. These attendees ultimately decided to organize a Lake Forest congregation. From its foundation in 1937 until 1954, services were held in different facilities around Lake Forest -- notably the American Legion Hall and the Masonic Temple.

In the formative years of the then-called “Lake Forest Lutheran Church,” suggestions on language were open to members and friends of the church. Many members were immigrants or the children of immigrants. Within the first year of services, monthly German services were being held, as well as the occasional Finnish-language service. This extension of accessibility to those speaking languages other than English has continued on to the present, where the Faith Lutheran Church holds weekly Spanish-language services.

In 1956, the church purchased 2.2 acres of land at the intersection of Deerpath Road and US 41, that had previously been a portion of the A.B. Dick estate. Two years later, the dedication of the initial church occurred, and the Faith Lutheran community finally had a building to call their own. Faith Lutheran merged with the Redeemer Lutheran Church in 2002, and collaborated as members of the North Shore Lutheran Ministry, which is now a separate non-profit organization.