South Central Church of Christ
South Central Church of Christ is a Church Of Christ church at 700-714 East 40th Street in Chicago, IL 60653. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 8 Church Of Christ congregations in the city.
700-714 East 40th Street, Chicago, IL, 60653South Central Church of Christ is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 326 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Illinois — 10,488 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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The community around South Central Church of Christ
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. 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 2,300 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: 34.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
- Diabetes: 18.4%
- Obesity: 42.1%
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
- Poverty Rate: 23.6% (14.2–33.0%)
- Unemployment: 12.0% (5.9–18.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
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 South Central Church of Christ
- Blackwell-Israel Samuel A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
- Monumental Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Angels Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Pentecostal Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- St Joseph Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Harris Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Carmel Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
- Grant Memorial AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Glorious Light Church — 0.3 mi away
More Restorationist churches nearby
- The CityLight Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Life Covenant Church Southeast — 2 mi away
- 180 Chicago Church — 2.9 mi away