Bethel Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1832 Elbow Road in Chesapeake, VA 23320. It is one of 347 churches in Chesapeake, and one of 43 Baptist congregations in the city.
At New Bethel, we share a Social-Justice Gospel—centered on liberation, salvation, love, and hope—while celebrating both the dignity of all and our African-American cultural heritage.
1832 Elbow Road, Chesapeake, VA, 23320Bethel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,417 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 Bethel Baptist Church
- Food Ministry
- Floral Ministry
- Christian Education Ministry
- Diaconate Ministry
- Deacons' Ministry
- Stewards' Ministry
- Trustees' Ministry
- Voices of Praise Ministry
- African Heritage Celebration
- Children's Church Ministry
- Housing Ministry
- Sankofa Church School
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The community around Bethel Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 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: 36.6%
- Social Isolation: 31.0%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
Chesapeake city is served by 180 churches — about one congregation for every 1,385 residents.
Churches near Bethel Baptist Church
- Coastal Church - Chesapeake — 0.1 mi away
- One Generation Church — 0.6 mi away
- New Creation Charismatic Community — 0.6 mi away
- Hope Church — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemer Church — 0.7 mi away
- Real Life Christian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Freedom Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Resurrection Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Nooma Church — 1.5 mi away
- Revival International - Virginia Beach — 1.5 mi away in Virginia Beach, VA
More Baptist churches nearby
- Freedom Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Colonial Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Virginia Beach, VA
- First Emmanuel Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
- LifePoint Christian Fellowship — 2.1 mi away
- Welcome Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
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