Capital View Baptist Church

Capital View Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5201 Ames Street Northeast in Washington, DC 20019. It is one of 862 churches in Washington, and one of 174 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is to promote the development of a new view of life as one gets to know Jesus for the pardon of sin.

At Capital View Baptist Church, we bring people to an acceptance of Jesus for the pardon of their sins and provide a nurturing atmosphere for spiritual development.

5201 Ames Street Northeast, Washington, DC, 20019

Website: https://capvbc.org/

Shares a ministry location with The Community Church of Washington DC.

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

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The community around Capital View Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.

  • Social Isolation: 42.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 32.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.0% (12.1–31.9%)
  • Unemployment: 10.5% (3.1–17.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.7%
  • Child Poverty: 23.4% (9.9–39.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
  • Diabetes: 13.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.

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