Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church
Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church is a Baptist church at East North Avenue in Northlake, IL 60164. It is one of 12 churches in Northlake, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
We are a community of Middle-Eastern, Melkite Catholic individuals, joined together by our love for Christ. Our parish has served the Chicagoland faithful since 1894, carrying the rich Byzantine liturgical tradition of Antioch into the heart of the American Midwest.
East North Avenue, Northlake, IL, 60164Service times
- Sunday 8:30am
Phone: (708) 630-8780 · Website: https://stjohnmelkite.church/
Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,872 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 Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church
- Sunday School
- NAMY — Youth
- MAYA — Young Adults
- Parish Advisory Council
- Ladies Society
- Mothers' Support Group
- Choir
- Ushers
- Altar Servers
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The community around Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic 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 nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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: 26.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.4%
- Social Isolation: 36.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Diabetes: 13.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (8.8–17.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Northlake city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 2,311 residents.
Churches near Saint John the Baptist Melkite Catholic Church
- Spiritual Rock Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peters Syrian Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
- UTurn Covenant Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint John Vianney Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Charles Borromeo Church — 0.9 mi away in Melrose Park, IL
- Apostles Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away
- Apostolic Assembly — 1.1 mi away in Melrose Park, IL
- ERBC Chicago — 1.2 mi away in Melrose Park, IL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Faith Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Antioch Telugu Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Mannheim Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away in Melrose Park, IL
- Hillside Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Hillside, IL
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