First Congregational Church

First Congregational Church is a Church Of Christ church at 766 Graceland Avenue in Des Plaines, IL 60016. It is one of 58 churches in Des Plaines.

766 Graceland Avenue, Des Plaines, IL, 60016

Shares a ministry location with El-roi Romanian Baptist Church and Morton Grove Fil-Am Seventh-day Adventist Church.

First Congregational Church 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.

Find First Congregational Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.

The community around First Congregational 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,400 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.

  • Social Isolation: 32.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (0.3–15.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Des Plaines city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 2,496 residents.

Churches near First Congregational Church

More Restorationist churches nearby

See all churches in Des Plaines, IL · All churches in Illinois