Brent House
Brent House is a church at 5540 S Woodlawn Ave in Chicago, IL 60637-1621. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago.
As part of our Episcopal identity, Brent House is committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
5540 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637-1621Phone: +17739478744 · Website: https://www.brenthouse.org/
Ministries at Brent House
- Resident Community
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The community around Brent House
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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,500 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.
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Poverty Rate: 24.2% (15.3–33.0%)
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.1–13.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Brent House
- Augustana Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hyde Park Union Church — 0.1 mi away
- 57th Street Meeting of Friends — 0.1 mi away
- Park Community Church - Hyde Park — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Unitarian Church of Chicago — 0.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- University Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvert House — 0.3 mi away
- The Vineyard Church of Hyde Park — 0.3 mi away