Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 9402-9422 South Bell Avenue in Chicago, IL 60643. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago, and one of 115 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Our mission is to be Strong in Faith. Boundless in Love. Bold in Service.
Bethlehem is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, rooted in the Beverly -Morgan Park neighborhood on Chicago's far southwest side.
Serving since 2008 · Wheelchair accessible
9402-9422 South Bell Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60643Website: http://www.bethlehem-chicago.org/
Shares a ministry location with Joy Life Center.
Bethlehem Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
- Peace Center
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The community around Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Unemployment: 11.1% (4.2–18.1%)
- Social Isolation: 31.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Bethlehem Lutheran Church
- Joy Life Center — 0 mi away
- Christ the King Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Union Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity UCC Village Center — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Holy Nativity — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Evergreen Park, IL
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Prayer Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Bernadette Church — 0.8 mi away in Evergreen Park, IL
- Southside Unity Center of Christianity — 0.8 mi away