Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 8449-8459 South Stony Island Avenue in Chicago, IL 60617. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 115 Lutheran congregations in the city.

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8449-8459 South Stony Island Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60617

Website: http://zionchicago.org/

Zion Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Zion Lutheran 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 a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 29.1%
  • Diabetes: 18.4%
  • Unemployment: 15.0% (4.8–25.2%)
  • Obesity: 40.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.6% (7.9–25.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.5%

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

Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

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