Friendship Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1305 Arlington Road in Hopewell City, VA 23860. It is one of 19 churches in Hopewell City, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
In 1914, The Reverend Jake Turner called a small congregation together for the purpose of worship.
1305 Arlington Road, Hopewell City, VA, 23860Website: http://www.friendshipbaptisthopewell.org/
Friendship Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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Upcoming events at Friendship Baptist Church
- Sat, Aug 1 · All day: Ministers Sabbatical (Month of Aug.)
- Sat, Aug 1 · All day: Pastor's Sabbath(available funerals, weddings, special events)
- Sun, Aug 2 · All day: Casual Summer Clothing
- Sun, Aug 2 · 10 AM: Sunday Morning Half Hour New Member's Training
- Sun, Aug 2 · 10:40 AM: Weekly Sunday Morning Faith Formation Period (Adults)
From Friendship Baptist Church's public calendar (http://www.friendshipbaptisthopewell.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Friendship 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 nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 50.7%
- Child Poverty: 47.4% (30.9–63.9%)
- Social Isolation: 41.0%
- Food Insecurity: 39.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
- Diabetes: 20.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
- Poverty Rate: 29.0% (20.1–37.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
- Depression: 23.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (2.5–10.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Hopewell city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 720 residents.
Churches near Friendship Baptist Church
- West Hopewell Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Full Gospel Korean Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Carmel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- Mount Carmel Church — 0.3 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- New Life Apostolic — 0.4 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- FlamingSword Church of Deliverance — 0.4 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- Harrison Grove Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- Arlington Road Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away in Hopewell, VA
- Tower of Praise Family Worship — 0.7 mi away in Hopewell, VA