Damascus Baptist Church
Damascus Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 10014 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL 60628. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
10014 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60628Damascus Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Damascus 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. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 34.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 20.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
- Unemployment: 17.2% (8.7–25.8%)
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.8–17.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Damascus Baptist Church
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (Rosemoor) — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Reformed Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bread Of Life Church Of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Brown Temple Mission Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Third Heaven Missionary — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John De La Salle Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Miracle Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Prayer of Faith Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Calvary Interdenominational Church — 0.5 mi away