Mount Ridge Baptist Church
Mount Ridge Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 217-225 South Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago, IL 60612. It is one of 3,014 churches in Chicago, and one of 434 Baptist congregations in the city.
217-225 South Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612Mount Ridge Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Mount Ridge 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 2,500 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: 35.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Unemployment: 18.6% (9.5–27.8%)
- Obesity: 41.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
- Poverty Rate: 27.7% (16.3–39.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.2%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Mount Ridge Baptist Church
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- Landmark Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mary F Butler Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Love and Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Life Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wells Temple of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Good Hope Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away