Gethsemane Baptist Church

Service times

• Sunday 8am
• Sunday 10am

The community around Gethsemane 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 two thousand 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: 48.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.0%
• Food Insecurity: 31.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Unemployment: 8.1% (0.4–17.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
• Poverty Rate: 20.6% (10.7–30.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Newport News city is served by 83 churches — about one congregation for every 2,230 residents.

Churches near Gethsemane Baptist Church

• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Parkview United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Faith Deliverance Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• New Grafton Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Impacto Celestial — 0.6 mi away
• Walters Temple AME Zion Church — 0.6 mi away
• Full Gospel Deliverance Church — 0.6 mi away
• Parkview Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• United House of Prayer for All People — 0.6 mi away
• Way of the Cross Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Grafton Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First United Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Full Gospel Worship Center — 0.9 mi away