Covington Baptist Church

Covington Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 280 West Riverside Street in Covington, VA 24426. It is one of 39 churches in Covington, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

His objective in life is to boldly and effectively give witness to the inclusive, redeeming love and reconciling grace of God as evidenced through the Lord Jesus.

Rev. Linthicum brings a wealth of service and experience to his new call, having served as Pastor, Language Missions Teacher, Staff Minister, and Protestant Chaplain in his ministerial service since 1969.

Serving since 1841

280 West Riverside Street, Covington, VA, 24426

Website: http://www.covingtonbc.com/

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

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The community around Covington Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 42.2%
  • Social Isolation: 35.7%
  • Child Poverty: 35.2% (18.4–52.4%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.6% (16.6–34.6%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.8%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Depression: 25.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Covington city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 286 residents.

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