Grace Church’s loft-style building was converted into a church and community center in 1985. Taking advantage of its wooden beam-and-post construction, the “GracePlace” building retains the historic character of the Printers Row neighborhood while providing wide open spaces for worship and community events.
The award-winning architecture of the second floor worship space provides a quiet space to worship, meditate, and learn amidst the hustle of downtown Chicago.
The building also has a large amount of office and meeting space on its first, third, and basement floors that Grace Church shares with a number of other social and religious groups. Current resident organizations of GracePlace include:
- The American Friends Service Committee Great Lakes Regional Office: A Quaker group that includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, peace, and humanitarian service.
- Onnuri Church: A Korean language church that worships in Grace Place on Sunday afternoons.
- The Grassroots Collaborative. A social justice groups unites working families through strategic community-labor organizing, grassroots leadership development, civic engagement, and training.
- South Loop Campus Ministry: A spiritual community for the students, faculty, and staff associated with the universities and colleges of Chicago’s South Loop who are seeking an open dialogue centered in faith focused on service, worship, and prayer.
- Masjid-al-Rabia: A mosque & Islamic community center that focuses on spiritual care for marginalized Muslims.
GracePlace’s facilities are also available for meetings, weddings, and other events. Please see the Host an Event section for further information.