Founded in 1941 as a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation, Christ Lutheran Church & School on La Mesa Boulevard anchors one of La Mesa Village's longest-running worship and education campuses. The integrated day school holds National Lutheran School Accreditation and enrolls 298 students from preschool through eighth grade, with its instrumental-music program feeding the same East County music education pipeline as Moze Guitars on La Mesa Boulevard. Weekly attendance averages 438 across services that include both English and Spanish-language worship, reflecting the bilingual character of La Mesa's 91942 ZIP code. A standalone preschool division has operated on the La Mesa Boulevard campus since 1995, providing early-childhood care alongside the K-8 academic track and feeding into the broader La Mesa educational pipeline that continues through Helix Charter High School. The Pacific Southwest District congregation maintains 570 baptized members, operates a fully staffed K-8 academic program under National Lutheran School Accreditation, and runs a separate infant-through-preschool campus—a three-tier ministry infrastructure requiring distinct curriculum tracks, credentialed teaching staff, and denominational compliance reporting to LCMS headquarters.