Woodlawn Baptist Church
Woodlawn Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1151-1157 East 62nd Street in Chicago, IL 60637. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
1151-1157 East 62nd Street, Chicago, IL, 60637Woodlawn Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Woodlawn 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Child Poverty: 41.6% (25.7–57.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (22.8–44.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 31.8%
- Unemployment: 15.3% (9.2–21.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Woodlawn Baptist Church
- Christ Church Chicago — 0.1 mi away
- Anew Church — 0.1 mi away in Oak Lawn, IL
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Concord Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Shrine of Christ the King — 0.3 mi away
- St. Gelasius Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- South Side Gospel Church — 0.4 mi away