Gethsemane Baptist Church

Gethsemane Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 199 Fortner Ave in Marion, VA 24354-5143. It is one of 63 churches in Marion, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

199 Fortner Ave, Marion, VA, 24354-5143

Phone: (276) 783-7841 · Website: https://www.gethsemaneswva.com/

Gethsemane 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.

Ministries at Gethsemane Baptist Church

  • CD Ministry
  • Patch The Pirate Program
  • Visitation
  • Nursing Home Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Mens Prayer
  • Ladies Fellowship
  • Adult Choir

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The community around Gethsemane Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 33.4%
  • Diabetes: 15.1%
  • Obesity: 38.2%
  • Depression: 26.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.2% (11.0–23.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 15.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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