First Church of Christ

First Church of Christ is a church in Park Forest, IL 60466. It is one of 28 churches in Park Forest.

Park Forest, IL, 60466

Shares a ministry location with Grace City Church Chicago and Rehoboth Ministries.

First Church of Christ 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.

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The community around First Church of Christ

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 29.2%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.6% (12.8–32.3%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
  • Diabetes: 15.8%
  • Obesity: 39.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

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

Park Forest village is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 1,319 residents.

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