Gideon Missionary Baptist Church
Gideon Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 1500 W Ridgeland Ave in Waukegan, IL 60085-2738. It is one of 105 churches in Waukegan, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Gideon Missionary Baptist Church believes that God called and commissioned us “to light the world through the Light of the World by keeping saints connected and connecting sinners to Christ.”
Thank you for taking the time to find out more about Gideon Missionary Baptist Church and our community. Gideon Missionary Baptist Church was established in Waukegan, IL in 1922. We hope that after you look through our website and attend a worship service, you will consider becoming a more active part of our growing community of faith.
1500 W Ridgeland Ave, Waukegan, IL, 60085-2738Service times
Sunday | 10:45 AM (as listed)
Phone: +18476627672 · Website: https://www.gideonmbchurch-waukegan.org/
Gideon Missionary Baptist 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 Gideon Missionary Baptist Church
- Men's Ministry
- Small Groups
- Women's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
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The community around Gideon Missionary Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand 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: 34.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 27.0% (17.3–36.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.8%
- Obesity: 42.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
- Child Poverty: 28.9% (10.5–47.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.7% (10.0–31.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Gideon Missionary Baptist Church
- Rehoboth Church Of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Shalem Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Misión Cristiana El Calvario — 0.3 mi away
- Christ House Church, Waukegan, Illinois — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Paul's Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Jesus es mi Esperanza — 0.4 mi away
- Waukegan Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of the Foursquare Gospel — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Anastasia Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Waukegan Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. George Armenian Church — 0.8 mi away
- St John's Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Waukegan — 1.1 mi away