Greater Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Greater Mount Vernon Baptist Church is a church at 8700 S Laflin St in Chicago, IL 60620-4843. It is one of 3,017 churches in Chicago.
8700 S Laflin St, Chicago, IL, 60620-4843Phone: +17732386688 · Website: http://greatermountvernon.com/
Greater Mount Vernon Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Greater Mount Vernon Baptist Church
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 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: 30.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
- Diabetes: 18.0%
- Unemployment: 17.3% (9.1–25.6%)
- Obesity: 40.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Poverty Rate: 18.3% (7.4–29.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
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