Shining Star Missionary Baptist Church

The community around Shining Star 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 a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 43.6%
• Social Isolation: 41.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.0%
• Unemployment: 12.6% (4.6–20.5%)
• Obesity: 43.3%
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (14.7–41.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.0%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (6.6–21.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Shining Star Missionary Baptist Church

• The Young Church — 0.1 mi away
• All Nations Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Community Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Douglas Park Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Tabernacle Church of Perfect Love — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith — 0.2 mi away
• Revelation Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Christian Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Holly Springs Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away