Greater Holy Temple Church of God and Christ
Greater Holy Temple Church of God and Christ is a Church Of God church at 246 North California Avenue in Chicago, IL 60612. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 37 Church Of God congregations in the city.
246 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612Service times
- Sunday 9am · School
Phone: (773) 722-9430 · Website: https://www.greaterholytemple.org/
Greater Holy Temple Church of God and Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 710 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Illinois — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Greater Holy Temple Church of God and Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 2,300 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: 33.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Unemployment: 15.9% (6.6–25.3%)
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Poverty Rate: 24.1% (12.6–35.7%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Greater Holy Temple Church of God and Christ
- Revival Fellowship Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rose of Sharon Community Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wells Temple of Deliverance — 0.3 mi away
- Mission Unlimited Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Chaplain Baptist Love Ministry Military Chapel — 0.4 mi away
- Rivers of Living Waters Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Stephen AME Church — 0.4 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Mission Unlimited Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- St Luke Church of God In Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Zion Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Emanuel Church of God in Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Central Church Of God — 0.9 mi away