The Greater Love Church
The Greater Love Church is a Church Of God In Christ church at 1612 S Hamlin Ave in Chicago, IL 60623-2404. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 17 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
1612 S Hamlin Ave, Chicago, IL, 60623-2404Phone: +17732778171 · Website: http://www.glcogic.org/
The Greater Love Church 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 The Greater Love 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. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.
- Food Insecurity: 52.9%
- Obesity: 47.1%
- Social Isolation: 42.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 41.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
- Poverty Rate: 35.5% (21.2–49.9%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 30.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.3%
- Diabetes: 19.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (2.5–16.5%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (6.3–23.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Greater Love Church
- Agape Church — 0.1 mi away
- Israel of Gods Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Progressive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- All Souls Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Sanctuary of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Carol Divine Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Beverly Temple Church of God and Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Gospel Mission Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lena A Hamlett Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pillar of Truth Church — 0.2 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- All Souls Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Sanctuary of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Carol Divine Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Gospel Mission Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- All Nations Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away