Gethsemane Baptist Church

Gethsemane Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 411 Blue Ridge Street in Lynchburg, VA 24501. It is one of 247 churches in Lynchburg, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.

411 Blue Ridge Street, Lynchburg, VA, 24501

Gethsemane Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,736 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,872 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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The community around Gethsemane Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 7 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 45.8%
  • Depression: 30.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 16.9%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.

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