Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd is a Lutheran church at 1829 North Rockton Avenue in Rockford, IL 61103. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford, and one of 21 Lutheran congregations in the city.

1829 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL, 61103

Phone: +1-815-964-8637 · Website: http://www.goodshepherdrockford.org/

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

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 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 50.4%
  • Child Poverty: 42.4% (24.7–60.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 36.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.9% (17.6–38.2%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
  • Diabetes: 17.2%
  • Unemployment: 9.3% (4.3–14.3%)
  • Depression: 24.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.

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