Edgewater Presbyterian Church

Edgewater Presbyterian Church, sometimes referred to as the Edgewater Kirk and the New Community House, is a mainline Protestant church rooted in Reformed theology and the Scottish Reformation. Since 1983, it has been a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S. Previous to that, it was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.

Located in the Edgewater neighborhood community area of Chicago, Illinois, the church is one of several historic buildings in the Bryn Mawr Historic District as declared by the City of Chicago on November 6, 2002.

The building is designed in the French Romanesque architectural style with concrete clad in Indiana Limestone.

The congregation was founded by 43 charter members with Church of Scotland roots on June 9, 1896. Many of the first congregants were of Scottish and Welsh ancestry or immigrants from Great Britain.

The congregation is a member of the Presbytery of Chicago which is represented in and by the Synod of Lincoln Trails, one of 16 regional governing bodies of the Presbyterian Church (USA). Edgewater Presbyterian Church is represented in the highest governing body of the denomination, the General Assembly, by elected commissioners from the presbytery. The General Assembly meets every two years.

Two other faith communities worship in, but are independent of, Edgewater Presbyterian Church. They are Northside Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation, and Grace Baptist Church, a congregation of the American Baptist Churches.

The current pastor of Edgewater Presbyterian Church is the Rev. Kristin E. Hutson, M.Div., J.D. She concurrently serves with Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) National Response Team. She was previously Chaplain and Director of Religious Life at Coe College, a Presbyterian Church (USA) institution in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.