First Baptist Church, Berkeley

First Baptist Church, Berkeley is a Baptist church at 706 Berkley Avenue in Norfolk, VA 23523. It is one of 339 churches in Norfolk, and one of 43 Baptist congregations in the city.

We exist for the glory of God by working to transform lives from the inside out.

First Baptist Church, Berkley is a multicultural, caring, concerned, committed community church.

706 Berkley Avenue, Norfolk, VA, 23523

Phone: +1-757-543-4296 · Website: https://www.fbcberkley.org/home

First Baptist Church, Berkeley is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church, Berkeley

Within about a mile of this church, 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 nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 53.3%
  • Child Poverty: 48.6% (32.7–64.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.6% (25.9–45.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.1%
  • Diabetes: 22.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

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

Norfolk city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,346 residents.

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