Eighth Street Baptist Church
Eighth Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 801 8th Street in Lynchburg, VA 24504. It is one of 244 churches in Lynchburg, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our vision is to become an intentional purpose driven church that transforms lives by engaging in worship, witnessing, word, works, and relationships; one soul at a time while carrying out the Great Commission.
We are an intentional purpose-driven church, in pursuit of excellence, that will seek and save the lost, equip the saints, and be a safe-haven for the hurting and wounded, as we lift up the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ throughout our community and the world.
801 8th Street, Lynchburg, VA, 24504Website: http://www.eighthstreetbc.org/
Eighth Street Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Eighth 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 46.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.4%
- Poverty Rate: 31.3% (19.0–43.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Depression: 23.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.
Churches near Eighth Street Baptist Church
- Jackson Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Jericho Baptist Missionary Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Cross Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Court Street United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fifth Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Living Word Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Downtown Presbyterian — 0.3 mi away
- Court Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Smyrna Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away