First Divine Providence Church
First Divine Providence Church is a Baptist church at 405-407 North Central Park Avenue in Chicago, IL 60624. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
405-407 North Central Park Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60624First Divine Providence Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around First Divine Providence Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 50.3%
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Poverty Rate: 38.8% (26.7–50.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.3%
- Diabetes: 20.1%
- Unemployment: 17.0% (9.0–25.0%)
- Child Poverty: 35.0% (16.6–53.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (9.1–28.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near First Divine Providence Church
- Grace CRC in Garfield — 0.3 mi away
- Divine Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Joshua Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Refuge Chicago — 0.4 mi away
- Good News Community Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Love Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fellowship Revival Center Full Gospel Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Vision Non Denominational Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Divine Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good News Community Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Living Christ Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away