South Suburban Christian Center, 4200 Maple Ave, Matteson, IL 60443, US

Founded by German immigrants in 1872, the church was officially established the German Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church on Sept. 4, 1881. Today known as Zion Lutheran, the church, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has a congregation of more than 1,200 people. It has been on its current site since 1955; the old church is currently home to the Tinley Park Historical Society. Communion services are held at 5pm on Saturdays and at 8:30am and 11 am on Sundays. (During the summer months, the later morning service is held at 10am instead of 11am.) Also on Sundays, a contemporary service designed as a "seekers service" for new churchgoers is held at 9:45am.