Sharon Baptist Church

Sharon Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 22 East Leigh Street in Richmond, VA 23219. It is one of 519 churches in Richmond, and one of 66 Baptist congregations in the city.

22 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, 23219

Phone: +1 804-643-3825 · Website: https://www.sharonbaptistchurchrichmond.org/

Shares a ministry location with LUX Church.

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

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The community around Sharon 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. 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 2,100 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: 42.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.5% (19.6–41.3%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
  • Unemployment: 14.3% (7.6–21.0%)
  • Obesity: 40.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
  • Depression: 25.5%
  • Diabetes: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Richmond city is served by 181 churches — about one congregation for every 1,255 residents.

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