Gorham United Methodist Church
Gorham United Methodist Church is a Methodist church at 5600 South Indiana Avenue in Chicago, IL 60637. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 47 Methodist congregations in the city.
5600 South Indiana Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60637Website: https://gorhamumc.com/
Gorham United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Gorham United Methodist 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 2,200 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: 45.5%
- Obesity: 45.3%
- Social Isolation: 41.4%
- Poverty Rate: 39.9% (25.2–54.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 36.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.4%
- Unemployment: 16.2% (4.1–28.3%)
- Diabetes: 16.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0% (9.6–17.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Gorham United Methodist Church
- Coppin Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Life Covenant Church Southeast — 0.1 mi away
- Life Center COGIC — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.1 mi away
- True Church House of Prayer #2 — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Spiritual Temple II — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Cross Temple — 0.2 mi away
- 2nd Timothy Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away
- Granderson Temple COGIC Pastor Emeritus James M. Wiles — 0.2 mi away
- Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer — 0.3 mi away