Refuge Chicago

Refuge Chicago is a church at 3223 W Franklin Blvd in Chicago, IL 60624-1502. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago.

We are a multiethnic community of people located in Chicago who have been so changed by God’s love through the gospel of Jesus Christ that we want to grow deeper into that love, become people of love, so that we can share that love in Chicago and to the ends of the earth.

3223 W Franklin Blvd, Chicago, IL, 60624-1502

Phone: +18723143495 · Website: https://www.refugechi.com/

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The community around Refuge Chicago

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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 48.6%
  • Social Isolation: 41.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 37.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.2% (19.8–50.5%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.6%
  • Diabetes: 19.1%
  • Unemployment: 13.2% (5.6–20.8%)
  • Obesity: 45.0%
  • Child Poverty: 35.0% (16.6–53.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (3.9–21.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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