Bethany Baptist Church
Bethany Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 145 churches in Petersburg, and one of 32 Baptist congregations in the city.
The Worship Ministry uses every facet of the arts to usher the congregation into praise, worship, reflection, adoration, and gratification as our hearts are prepared to receive the Word of God.
Petersburg, VA, 23803Service times
- Saturday 9am–11am
Phone: (856) 784-2220 · Website: http://www.go2bethany.com
Bethany 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.
Ministries at Bethany Baptist Church
- Worship Ministry
- Women of Judah Dance Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Creative Fine Arts Ministry
- Hospitality Committee
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The community around Bethany Baptist Church
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. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.
- Child Poverty: 81.4%
- Obesity: 48.7%
- Food Insecurity: 35.9%
- Poverty Rate: 33.9% (22.8–45.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
- Diabetes: 20.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
- Unemployment: 9.9% (4.2–15.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near Bethany Baptist Church
- Blandford United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Resurrection Life Christian Center Church — 0.4 mi away
- Agape Christian Center Church — 0.6 mi away
- Washington Street United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Flamingsword Church Of Deliverance — 0.7 mi away
- Oak Street African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.7 mi away
- Bible Covenant Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Christian Center — 0.7 mi away
- Tabb Street Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Crater View Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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