Galilee Baptist Church
Galilee Baptist Church is a church at 6012 Jefferson Ave in Newport News, VA 23605-3001. It is one of 233 churches in Newport News.
6012 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA, 23605-3001Phone: (757) 244-2547 · Website: http://galileebaptistchurch.net
Galilee 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.
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The community around Galilee Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 44.1%
- Social Isolation: 37.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.1%
- Food Insecurity: 22.8%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (6.3–17.1%)
- Unemployment: 6.4% (2.0–11.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Galilee Baptist Church
- World Harvest Kingdom Church — 0.1 mi away
- GodFirst Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Newport News Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Psalms Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Destiny — 0.4 mi away
- Simple Grace Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- World Victory Church and Life Center — 0.5 mi away
- Parkview Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Lighthouse Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Riverside Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Newmarket Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Hampton, VA
- First United Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Full Gospel Worship Center — 1 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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