Ecclesia Word Center

The community around Ecclesia Word Center

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 half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 58.1%
• Child Poverty: 51.5% (32.6–70.4%)
• Obesity: 46.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 43.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.9%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Poverty Rate: 39.3% (25.4–53.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 28.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.9%
• Diabetes: 21.4%
• Unemployment: 18.2% (9.3–27.1%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.1–21.1%)

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 Ecclesia Word Center

• Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church — 0 mi away
• Victory Outreach Church Southeast Chicago — 0.1 mi away
• End Time Full Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
• South Haitian Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Christ Life Church — 0.2 mi away
• Gabaon Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Holy Trinity Temple — 0.3 mi away
• La Luz Del Mundo — 0.3 mi away
• Cornerstone Church of Chicago — 0.3 mi away
• Beyth-el Temple & College — 0.4 mi away