Vernon Baptist Church

Vernon Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6400 South Champlain Avenue in Chicago, IL 60637. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.

6400 South Champlain Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637

Website: http://www.vernonbaptistchurch.net/

Shares a ministry location with UCCC-Illinois.

Vernon Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Vernon Baptist Church

  • Mental Support Ministries
  • Marriage Ministry
  • Women's Ministry
  • Children's Ministry
  • Youth & Young Adult Ministry
  • Outreach Program

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The community around Vernon Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Food Insecurity: 52.9%
  • Obesity: 47.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 42.3% (30.4–54.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 40.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.7%
  • Unemployment: 22.1% (11.5–32.6%)
  • Diabetes: 20.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2% (12.1–20.6%)
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.3–18.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

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