Mount Zion Baptist Church

Mount Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 956 West 119th Street in Chicago, IL 60643. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.

956 West 119th Street, Chicago, IL, 60643

Shares a ministry location with Mt Zion First Holy Miracle.

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

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The community around Mount Zion 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 52.1% (38.5–65.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 34.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.6%
  • Diabetes: 18.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
  • Obesity: 41.8%
  • Social Isolation: 39.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
  • Unemployment: 8.6% (2.9–14.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 19.0% (9.5–28.6%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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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