Grace Baptist Church
Grace Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2499 Waldron Road in Kankakee, IL 60901. It is one of 55 churches in Kankakee, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Growing in Grace by developing a Passion for God and Compassion for People.
Grace Baptist Church began in 1944 when a small group met in a home seeking to establish a new gospel‑centered ministry.
Serving since 1944
2499 Waldron Road, Kankakee, IL, 60901Service times
Wednesday 6pm–7:30pm (Nights -) (as listed)
Phone: (815) 939-4579 · Website: http://gracebaptist-church.com/
Grace Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,173 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,352 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 Grace Baptist Church
- Christian Academy
- Outreach
- Fellowship Opportunities
- Mission Trips
- Child Care
- Human Trafficking Awareness
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The community around Grace Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 45.0%
- Food Insecurity: 26.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 21.6% (14.4–28.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Kankakee city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 577 residents.
Churches near Grace Baptist Church
- Journey Church — 1 mi away
- Eastridge Church of the Nazarene — 1.2 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Teresa Roman Catholic Church — 1.5 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Church of God — 1.6 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 1.8 mi away
- True Holiness Church of God In Christ — 1.8 mi away
- True Vine Church of God in Christ — 1.8 mi away
- Central Christian Church — 1.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Zion Gate Missionary Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away