Church of the Good Shepherd
Church of the Good Shepherd is a United Church Of Christ church at 515 S Orchard Dr in Carbondale, IL 62901-2342. It is one of 56 churches in Carbondale.
We believe ministry can happen in huge ways, but most often it occurs in small silent ways.
515 S Orchard Dr, Carbondale, IL, 62901-2342Service times
- Friday 1pm
Phone: (618) 457-2232 · Website: https://www.goodshepherd-ucc.org/
Church of the Good Shepherd is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 215 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Illinois — 2,928 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at Church of the Good Shepherd
- Youth Ministry
- Spiritual Exploration
- Hospitality Ministry
- Music Ministry
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The community around Church of the Good Shepherd
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 48.1%
- Food Insecurity: 30.3%
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (1.0–16.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
- Depression: 24.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Church of the Good Shepherd
- Neighborhood Bible Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- University Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Exodus Church Carbondale — 0.4 mi away
- Epiphany Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Campus Church — 0.6 mi away
- St Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Carbondale Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- Saint Peters United Church of Christ — 6.6 mi away in Murphysboro, IL
- Congregational Christian Church — 11.6 mi away in Alto Pass, IL
- Zion United Church of Christ — 16.2 mi away in Marion, IL
- Saint Johns United Church of Christ — 19.9 mi away in Du Quoin, IL
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