Alpha Temple Baptist Church

Alpha Temple Baptist Church is a church at 6701 S Emerald Ave in Chicago, IL 60621-2509. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago.

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6701 S Emerald Ave, Chicago, IL, 60621-2509

Phone: +17737235500 · Website: https://www.alphatemple.org/

Alpha Temple Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Alpha Temple Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 54.8%
  • Obesity: 48.5%
  • Child Poverty: 46.2% (27.1–65.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 42.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 41.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.6% (24.3–52.8%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 26.9%
  • Unemployment: 24.3% (10.8–37.8%)
  • Diabetes: 22.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (6.3–21.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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