Bethany Lutheran Church
Bethany Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 9147-9153 South Jeffery Avenue in Chicago, IL 60617. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 115 Lutheran congregations in the city.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where every person can grow in faith, use their unique gifts, and be part of a vibrant, caring congregation.
9147-9153 South Jeffery Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60617Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 9am
Bethany Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,069 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Illinois — 15,755 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
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The community around Bethany Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Unemployment: 9.3% (0.0–18.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 18.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Bethany Lutheran Church
- Fireball Faith Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Connection Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Living Faith — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Morning View Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Ailbes Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Spiritual Love Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- St. Katharine Drexel Parish of Chicago — 0.6 mi away
- Impact Life Church — 0.6 mi away
- South Side Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Zion Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Saint Thomas Lutheran Church — 1.5 mi away
- Saint Stephen's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
- St Mark Lutheran Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church — 2.1 mi away