The First Grace Baptist Church
The First Grace Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 4134 West Grenshaw Street in Chicago, IL 60624. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 489 Baptist congregations in the city.
4134 West Grenshaw Street, Chicago, IL, 60624Website: https://firstgrace.org/
The First Grace Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,418 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.
Ministries at The First Grace Baptist Church
- Mid-Week Prayer and Bible Study
- Sunday School
- Out Reach and Evangelism Ministry
- Women of Incredible Faith
- Men’s Christian Fellowship
- Youth Ministry
- Inspirational Choir
- Willing Workers
- Youth Praise Dance Ministry
- Nurses Ushers
Find The First Grace Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around The First Grace Baptist Church
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 2,300 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: 50.3%
- Obesity: 46.7%
- Social Isolation: 42.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.9%
- Poverty Rate: 36.3% (22.2–50.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.3%
- Diabetes: 19.2%
- Unemployment: 16.4% (7.9–25.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
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 The First Grace Baptist Church
- Jesus Christ Holy MB Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Plain Talk Missionary Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- New Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emanuel Healing Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Jehovahs Witnesses Lawndale Unit — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Corinthians Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Plain Talk Missionary Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- New Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Corinthians Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away