Blandford United Methodist Church
Blandford United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 124 churches in Petersburg, and one of 6 Methodist congregations in the city.
Petersburg, VA, 23803Blandford United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Blandford United Methodist 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: 76.1%
- Obesity: 49.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.1%
- Food Insecurity: 37.6%
- Poverty Rate: 35.1% (23.5–46.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
- Diabetes: 20.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 11.2% (4.8–17.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
- Depression: 23.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near Blandford United Methodist Church
- Bethany Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Crater View Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jesus Way Fellowship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Resurrection Life Christian Center Church — 0.7 mi away
- Agape Christian Center Church — 0.7 mi away
- New Beginning Holiness Cooljc — 0.7 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Flamingsword Church Of Deliverance — 0.8 mi away
- Washington Street United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away