Friendship Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1135 37th St in Newport News, VA 23607-3209. It is one of 233 churches in Newport News, and one of 49 Baptist congregations in the city.
By nurturing God's people to discipleship and sharing of spiritual gifts, we believe that we will address the needs of our community and members.
As a united body of Christians the mission of FBC is to provide worship of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are committed in faith to actively promote an environment of betterment for our community.
Serving since 1983
1135 37th St, Newport News, VA, 23607-3209Phone: (757) 928-0858 · Website: https://www.fbcovercomers.org/
Friendship 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 — 71,419 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 Friendship Baptist Church
- Youth Ministry
- Worship
- Dance Ministry
- Men's Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Senior Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Liturgical Dance
- Christian Education
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The community around Friendship 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 54.0%
- Food Insecurity: 44.6%
- Social Isolation: 42.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.1%
- Poverty Rate: 31.7% (17.9–45.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.6%
- Diabetes: 23.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.1%
- Unemployment: 18.9% (8.1–29.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1% (12.1–20.2%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.8–17.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Friendship Baptist Church
- Alpha and Omega Christian Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Pray First Mission Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Triumph Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- Revelation Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Baptist Church of East End — 0.2 mi away
- Glorious Church of the Lord Jesus — 0.2 mi away
- Full Gospel Deliverance Church — 0.3 mi away
- Walters Temple AME Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Second Baptist Church of East End — 0.2 mi away
- New Grafton Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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