Four single-family homes are planned for the former Mount Greenwood Evangelical Lutheran Church site at 10901-10911 S. Trumbull Ave., with asking prices expected to start at $800,000. CK Construction says it plans to demolish the shuttered church and begin construction within 30 to 60 days.
The property was sold to CK Construction in July, according to Block Club Chicago, which cited church owner Matt Klabisch. Property records do not reflect the sale price or cost of the transaction, and formal Department of Buildings permits for the site had not been issued as of the outlet's reporting.
A Congregation That Dwindled for Years
Mount Greenwood Evangelical Lutheran Church, founded in 1943 and a member of Northern Illinois District 22, closed in June after years of declining membership and financial struggles, according to a Beverly Review report cited by Block Club Chicago. The report said the church had 133 confirmed members and average weekly attendance of 34 in 2016; by 2025, it had 40 confirmed members and average weekly attendance of 11.
The congregation's closure followed that long decline and its reported financial struggles. The property was subsequently sold to CK Construction, which is planning four homes for the site.
What's Being Built
Block Club Chicago reported details for two of the four planned homes. One is designed with 2,550 square feet, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms, one half bathroom and an attached garage. Another calls for 2,912 square feet, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bathroom. CK Construction has sold one of the four homes, but final designs, dimensions and prices for all four have not been independently verified.
Part of a Broader Pattern Across Chicago
Other former church sites in Chicago have also been redeveloped as housing. In Logan Square, a former Lutheran church and adjoining school on North Richmond Street were demolished and replaced with four single-family homes, according to Block Club Chicago. Chicago YIMBY reported that permits for the four homes were secured in November 2025; each permit described a two-story house with a basement and detached two-car garage, with a reported work cost of $903,000.
An Avondale church met a similar fate in 2024, demolished and replaced with three single-family homes, the report noted. Another church, at 3518 W. Cortland St., was razed back in 2020 and now has three single-family homes standing in its place.
Logan Square Ald. Daniel La Spata cautioned against treating the Richmond Street project as typical of former church sites. “What is happening with church on Richmond is the exception, not the rule,” he said, according to Block Club Chicago, suggesting adaptive reuse remains a more common path for developers considering former religious properties.
Membership trends and another path for church sites
The available membership figures here concern Mount Greenwood, while LCMS Research Services’ long-term analysis describes the broader denomination: it reported that membership was declining and that the decline was accelerating. That denominational finding does not establish the trend in Northern Illinois District 22 or explain why the Mount Greenwood congregation closed. LCMS Research Services reported the broader pattern. Demolition is not the only documented way a former Chicago church has been repurposed. In a March 20, 2018 report, Chicago Magazine said the shuttered St. Boniface Church at 1358 West Chestnut Street was slated for conversion into 17 condos, rather than replacement with new houses.
Whether Mount Greenwood's four new houses will draw the same scrutiny as their Logan Square counterparts remains to be seen, but for now, the fading Trumbull Avenue congregation is set to give way to a very different kind of neighborhood presence.
