Celestial Baptist Church

Celestial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1439 Mount Vernon Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23707. It is one of 214 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 41 Baptist congregations in the city.

1439 Mount Vernon Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23707

Website: http://celestialbaptistchurch.com/

Celestial Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Celestial Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 47.4%
  • Social Isolation: 41.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Diabetes: 21.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.6% (15.4–39.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.

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