South Norfolk Baptist Church
South Norfolk Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1101 Chesapeake Avenue in Chesapeake, VA 23324. It is one of 347 churches in Chesapeake, and one of 43 Baptist congregations in the city.
We believe the church has a unique mission to make disciples of Christ.
1101 Chesapeake Avenue, Chesapeake, VA, 23324Service times
- Wednesday 6:30pm · service
Phone: (757) 545-4505 · Website: http://www.sonobaptist.org/
South Norfolk 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.
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Latest from South Norfolk Baptist's YouTube channel: September 13, 2026 (1 John 5:18-21) (all videos).
The community around South Norfolk Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.8%
- Food Insecurity: 27.4%
- Social Isolation: 37.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
- Diabetes: 16.1%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (2.3–19.4%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
- Child Poverty: 22.5% (10.8–35.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 17.6% (9.2–26.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (4.8–20.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chesapeake city is served by 180 churches — about one congregation for every 1,385 residents.
Churches near South Norfolk Baptist Church
- Impact Church SoNo — 0.1 mi away
- Chesapeake Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- South Norfolk Congregational Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Strait Gate Chapel Church — 0.1 mi away
- One Accord Deliverance Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Redeemed Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Living Water Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
- New Discipleship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Philippians Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Southside Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Norfolk, VA
- New Central Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Norfolk, VA
- First Baptist Church of West Munden — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church, Berkeley — 0.9 mi away in Norfolk, VA
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