Kountze Memorial Lutheran Church is located at 2650 Farnam Street in Midtown Omaha, Nebraska.

[2][3] In 1856, Augustus Kountze, then a young banker new to Omaha from Ohio, requested a pastor from the church of his youth.

Reverend Henry Kuhns conducted the first Lutheran services in Omaha on November 21, 1858, with 14 founding members.

[6] The current building was opened in 1906, and the church continued to grow, adding neighborhood Sunday Schools across Omaha.

[8] The conventional of the Evangelical Lutheran General Synod of the United States of America was held at the church in 1887.