Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 3138 North Vancouver Avenue in Portland, OR 97227. It is one of 554 churches in Portland, and one of 46 Baptist congregations in the city.
The primary mission of the Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church is to profoundly experience, joyfully celebrate, and meaningfully share God’s Grace.
3138 North Vancouver Avenue, Portland, OR, 97227Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10am
Phone: (503) 282-9496 · Website: http://www.vafbc.org/
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 381 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Oregon — 71,352 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.
Ministries at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Young Adults
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Upcoming events at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
- Tue, Nov 10 · 5:30 PM: Bible Study — Church Prayer Line
- Tue, Nov 10 · 6 PM: Prayer Meeting — Church Prayer line
From Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church's public calendar (http://www.vafbc.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. That is 2,400 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.
- Depression: 31.7%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Portland city is served by 353 churches — about one congregation for every 1,833 residents.
Churches near Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Pentecost — 0.2 mi away
- Oregon Synod — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Mount Gillard Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Life Change Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Saint Stephen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Philip the Deacon Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hughes Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mallory Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater Mount Gillard Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Saint Stephen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Berean Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away