Light of the World Baptist Church
Light of the World Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Chicago, IL 60608. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 489 Baptist congregations in the city.
Chicago, IL, 60608Light of the World Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,417 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 Light of the World Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 38.0%
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (21.4–46.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.1%
- Unemployment: 17.3% (2.7–32.0%)
- Obesity: 40.8%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.6%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Child Poverty: 26.7% (15.2–38.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Light of the World Baptist Church
- Mount Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Healing Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Free Will Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gods Miracle Temple of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Solid Rock MB Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Luke Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Marks Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Mt Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Temple True Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Chicago Evangelical Free Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mount Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Free Will Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Solid Rock MB Church — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Cross Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- The Holy Trinity Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away