Mount Calvary Baptist Church

The community around Mount Calvary 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 54.6%
• Food Insecurity: 44.9%
• Social Isolation: 41.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
• Poverty Rate: 34.6% (20.5–48.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.0%
• Diabetes: 24.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.2%
• Unemployment: 19.6% (9.1–30.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0% (12.0–20.1%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.1–18.4%)

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

Newport News city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 2,230 residents.

Churches near Mount Calvary Baptist Church

• Glorious Church of the Lord Jesus — 0.1 mi away
• Second Baptist Church of East End — 0.1 mi away
• Revelation Ministries — 0.1 mi away
• Christian Union Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Triumph Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
• Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Trinity Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Alpha and Omega Christian Worship Center — 0.3 mi away