Vernon Park Church of God
Vernon Park Church of God is a Church Of God church at 7653-7659 South Maryland Avenue in Chicago, IL 60619. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 37 Church Of God congregations in the city.
7653-7659 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60619Shares a ministry location with Precious Stone Bible Church.
Vernon Park Church of God is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 688 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Illinois — 16,682 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 Vernon Park Church of God
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 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: 49.6%
- Obesity: 48.0%
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 37.7%
- Poverty Rate: 37.6% (23.4–51.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.9%
- Unemployment: 28.4% (18.9–37.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 23.9%
- Diabetes: 22.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
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 Vernon Park Church of God
- Precious Stone Bible Church — 0 mi away
- Helen Durhams Temple — 0.1 mi away
- The Cov Chicago — 0.1 mi away
- New Covenant MB Church — 0.1 mi away
- Israel Methodist Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- Ingleside-Whitfield United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Move Of God — 0.2 mi away
- St. John Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Stranger Home Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Community Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- St. John Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Rock of Ages Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Lawrence Church of God and Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Temple of God Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away