New Bethlehem #4 MB Church
New Bethlehem #4 MB Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 8850 South Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago, IL 60619. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 13 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
8850 South Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60619New Bethlehem #4 MB Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 New Bethlehem #4 MB 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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 93.0%
- Obesity: 46.5%
- Food Insecurity: 44.3%
- Poverty Rate: 41.3% (27.8–54.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
- Diabetes: 21.7%
- Unemployment: 21.4% (9.9–32.8%)
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 New Bethlehem #4 MB Church
- Pure In Heart M.B.C — 0.1 mi away
- St Mark Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Evangelistic Crusaders Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Basil Catholic Mission — 0.3 mi away
- First Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ - South Chicago, IL — 0.3 mi away
- New Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Revival in the Land M.B. Church — 0.3 mi away
- Vincent United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministries — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Revival in the Land M.B. Church — 0.3 mi away
- Burnside Community Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethlehem Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away