Saint John the Baptist Lutheran Church

Saint John the Baptist Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1351 West Atlantic Street in Emporia, VA 23847. It is one of 71 churches in Emporia.

1351 West Atlantic Street, Emporia, VA, 23847

Phone: +1-434-634-4515 · Website: http://saintjohnlutheranemporiava.com/

Saint John the Baptist Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 222 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Virginia — 15,755 across the United States on The Church Map.

Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.

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The community around Saint John the Baptist Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. More than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.

  • Diabetes: 20.6%
  • Obesity: 42.2%
  • Social Isolation: 36.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Emporia city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 227 residents.

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