Prospect Heights, IL

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City Score 45 · Liberty · Cook County · Chicago-Elgin area · Illinois

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What churches in Prospect Heights serve the community?

1 church in Prospect Heights, IL is listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Prospect Heights there are 194 more, including Russian America for Democracy in Russia (0.5 mi), St. Thomas Becket Church (1.3 mi), and IPC Shalom Chicago (1.9 mi).

How can I volunteer near Prospect Heights?

There are 4,036 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Prospect Heights, IL in the next 30 days. The next one is Prayer Line with James Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Prospect Heights's City Score?

Prospect Heights, IL scores 45 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 55 (the city from public data) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Prospect Heights, IL

Prospect Heights, IL scores 45 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 55 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly Illinois state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

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State-wide for Burden and Liberty: the numbers for Violent crime, Property crime, Legal gambling, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for Illinois as a whole, not by city, so every Illinois city carries Illinois's numbers.

Illinois scores 45 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 54 · Movement 32).

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What's moving it

  • 96 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 479 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 554 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 721 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 206 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Prospect Heights, IL

  • What Prospect Heights is up against: 50 out of 100 — Better than 47% of cities, down 9 points (Illinois state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 37 out of 100 — Better than 71% of cities (From Cook County, IL)
  • Marriage & family: 64 out of 100 — Better than 72% of cities
  • Christian liberty: 69 out of 100 — Better than 84% of cities, down 3 points (Illinois state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Prospect Heights, IL

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Prospect Heights, IL rates 50 out of 100: Stirring across 8 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 34, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 63, Steadfast
  • Education: 46, Searching
  • Government: 76, Just
  • Media: 46, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 17, Corrupt
  • Business: 58, Fair
  • Compassion: 62, Merciful

Every measure behind Prospect Heights, IL's ratings

What takes Prospect Heights, IL to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 2 → 40
  • Unity: Unity 12 → 45
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This quarter: Property crime down 27 percentile points (What Prospect Heights is up against)
  • This quarter: Violent crime down 16 percentile points (What Prospect Heights is up against)
  • This quarter: Drug overdose deaths up 11 percentile points (What Prospect Heights is up against)

Prospect Heights, IL over time

  • — Entered Liberty

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