Oakland Church
Oakland Church is a Southern Baptist church in VA 23842.
Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who make disciples of Jesus Christ, for the glory of God.
At the heart of our church is a simple commitment drawn from Acts 2:42: “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
VA, 23842Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School
Website: https://oakland-baptistchurch.com/
Oakland Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,417 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.
Find Oakland Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Oakland Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 34.6%
- Diabetes: 15.4%
- Obesity: 39.9%
- Depression: 23.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
- Food Insecurity: 16.3%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Oakland Church
- Union Branch Church — 2.6 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Blandford United Methodist Church — 3.3 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Gary's United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Garys Church — 3.5 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Sacred Heart Church — 3.7 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Greater Works Christian Center — 4 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Walk By Faith Ministries — 4 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away in Disputanta, VA
- The River of God — 4.2 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Loving Union Church — 4.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
- Monumental Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Second Chance — 5.7 mi away in Petersburg, VA
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away in Prince George, VA
- Good Shepherd Baptist Church — 6.1 mi away in Petersburg, VA