Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church
Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 718 South Independence Boulevard in Chicago, IL 60624. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
718 South Independence Boulevard, Chicago, IL, 60624Website: http://www.grmbchurch.org/
Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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: 57.1%
- Obesity: 50.3%
- Poverty Rate: 44.3% (27.3–61.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 43.7%
- Social Isolation: 41.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.9%
- Diabetes: 22.7%
- Unemployment: 22.7% (12.2–33.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.3–18.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church
- Independence Boulevard Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Anthony Willing Workers Spiritual Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Gospel Temple COGIC — 0.1 mi away
- Sidney Grandberry Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Victory Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Deliverance Temple Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Prince of Peace Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Rest Number 2 Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Chicago Community Mennonite Church — 0.3 mi away