Blackwell Memorial Church

Blackwell Memorial Church is a Baptist church at 700 N. Road St. in Elizabeth City, NC 27909. It is one of 93 churches in Elizabeth City, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

700 N. Road St., Elizabeth City, NC, 27909

Service times

  • Sunday 10am · we have a worship service

Phone: (252) 335-5484 · Website: http://blackwellbaptist.com/

Blackwell Memorial Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,872 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.

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The community around Blackwell Memorial Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 42.4%
  • Social Isolation: 35.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (9.4–22.9%)
  • Diabetes: 16.1%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.8% (11.2–28.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.3%
  • Unemployment: 7.4% (1.8–12.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Elizabeth City city is served by 27 churches — about one congregation for every 482 residents.

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