Court Street Baptist Church
Court Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 517 Court Street in Lynchburg, VA 24504. It is one of 247 churches in Lynchburg, and one of 42 Baptist congregations in the city.
The overall purpose Ministries at Court Street Baptist Church is to build up the body of Christ as stated in the Church’s Three “E” Dimensional Vision: Exalting the SaviorEvangelizing the SinnerEquipping the Saints.
Serving since 1843
517 Court Street, Lynchburg, VA, 24504Phone: (434) 847-8209 · Website: https://www.courtstreetbaptistchurch.com
Court Street 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 — 71,418 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 Court Street Baptist Church
- Caring Hearts Ministry
- Beautification Ministry
- Bible Study Ministry
- Children’s Church Ministry
- Diaconate Ministry
- Greeters’ Ministry
- Kitchen Ministry
- Media Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Outreach Ministry
- Pastor’s Aide Ministry
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The community around Court Street Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 45.2%
- Food Insecurity: 27.4%
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Poverty Rate: 28.5% (16.9–40.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
- Diabetes: 16.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.
Churches near Court Street Baptist Church
- Court Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hill City Reformed Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Freedom Fire Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Cross Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Downtown Presbyterian — 0.1 mi away
- Jericho Baptist Missionary Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lynchburg — 0.2 mi away
- Eighth Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Directional Bible Ministries — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Hill City Reformed Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jericho Baptist Missionary Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Eighth Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- C Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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