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, 62901-2342

Service 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

Find Church of the Good Shepherd on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

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

More Congregational churches nearby

See all churches in Carbondale, IL · All churches in Illinois