First Calvary Baptist Church

First Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 813 Henry Street in Norfolk, VA 23504. It is one of 339 churches in Norfolk, and one of 43 Baptist congregations in the city.

First Calvary Baptist Church is a missions-minded church which desires to help fullfill the Great Commission of Christ as set forth in Matthew 28:19-20: “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

813 Henry Street, Norfolk, VA, 23504

Website: http://www.1stcalvary.com/

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

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The community around First Calvary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 84.6%
  • Obesity: 57.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 56.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 54.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.1%
  • Social Isolation: 43.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 29.5%
  • Diabetes: 27.0%
  • Unemployment: 18.5% (7.1–29.9%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6% (14.4–23.8%)
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (3.5–20.8%)

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

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

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