Pastor Kevin Bruursema of New Life Community Church in Chicago wrote on his blog, Caffeine, please, last week about how Chicago is becoming dechurched. Around his church he has witnessed churches closing and the buildings are becoming places like climbing walls and single-family homes.
I know of 9 former church buildings in my informal, accidental research that are no longer churches. These buildings are all within a short walk of our Lakeview and Lincoln Park locations.
Here’s a (very, very, very) quick google maps demonstration of the approximate area of the churches listed in this updated post.
