Van Ness Community Baptist Church

Van Ness Community Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2580 West Shaw Lane in Fresno, CA 93711. It is one of 559 churches in Fresno, and one of 52 Baptist congregations in the city.

2580 West Shaw Lane, Fresno, CA, 93711

Van Ness Community Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Van Ness Community Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 22.9%
  • Obesity: 36.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.3% (8.7–25.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Fresno city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 2,123 residents.

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