Prince of Peace Church
Prince of Peace Church is a Protestant church at 1543 Summit Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 214 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 2 Protestant congregations in the city.
1543 Summit Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704Find Prince of Peace Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Prince of Peace 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Obesity: 46.6%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Food Insecurity: 33.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 20.1%
- Unemployment: 17.9% (4.8–31.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 24.9% (13.5–36.3%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (3.7–22.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.
Churches near Prince of Peace Church
- First Baptist Church of South Portsmouth — 0.1 mi away
- Brighton Rock African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Saint Thomas Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Christ Holiness — 0.3 mi away
- Centennial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel True Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Mark Missionary Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Antioch — 0.4 mi away
- Prentiss Park Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away