People's Church of the Harvest
People's Church of the Harvest is a Church Of God In Christ church at 3570 W 5th Ave in Chicago, IL 60624-3250. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 17 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
Its mission is driven by its faith-based values and seeks to meet the spiritual and natural needs of people and to develop the human potential of Greater Westside Chicago residents, to attain a higher quality of life and a stronger sense of community.
People’s Church of the Harvest knows that our strength lies not only in the words we stand by but most importantly through the actions of our initiatives. The Church has been an important pillar in the Greater Westside community since 1943.
Serving since 1943
3570 W 5th Ave, Chicago, IL, 60624-3250Phone: +17735336877 · Website: https://pcoth.church/about.html
People's Church of the Harvest 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 People's Church of the Harvest
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,400 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: 48.9%
- Obesity: 46.1%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.6%
- Poverty Rate: 37.5% (23.8–51.2%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.2%
- Unemployment: 22.1% (13.7–30.4%)
- Diabetes: 20.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near People's Church of the Harvest
- Fresh Harvest Ministries — 0 mi away
- Chicago Community Mennonite Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Brethren — 0.1 mi away
- Spirit of Truth Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Community Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Jackson Boulevard Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- King David Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Prince of Peace Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Emanuel Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- House of Prayer Church of God in Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Central Church Of God — 0.7 mi away
- Healing Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away