Riverside Baptist Church
Riverside Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5768 Sellger Drive in Norfolk, VA 23502. It is one of 339 churches in Norfolk, and one of 56 Baptist congregations in the city.
We believe as contemporary disciples of Jesus Christ we are to take the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20) very seriously.
We seek to glorify the Savior, equip the saints, search for those who are lost, and serve our community and beyond
5768 Sellger Drive, Norfolk, VA, 23502Service times
- Saturday 7:30am · morning
- Sunday 9:45am · School
- Sunday 11am · Worship Service
Riverside 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 — 71,417 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 Riverside Baptist Church
- Men's Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Vacation Bible School
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The community around Riverside Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Social Isolation: 36.5%
- Obesity: 39.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.2%
- Food Insecurity: 15.6%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Unemployment: 6.1% (1.8–10.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Norfolk city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,346 residents.
Churches near Riverside Baptist Church
- Aldersgate United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Tidewater Gospel Assembly Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Peters Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Firm Foundation Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Rock Church — 0.3 mi away
- Filipino Independent Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Light Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tidewater Primitive Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Calvary Revival Church — 0.7 mi away
- Prince Of Peace Praise Center — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Filipino Independent Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Tidewater Primitive Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Elizabeth River Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Chesapeake, VA
- Carrow Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Virginia Beach, VA