Morning Star Baptist Church
Morning Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1209 Upper Appomat Street in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 124 churches in Petersburg, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.
1209 Upper Appomat Street, Petersburg, VA, 23803Shares a ministry location with Higher Learning Ministries.
Morning Star Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Morning Star Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.5%
- Social Isolation: 42.0%
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Unemployment: 17.7% (6.8–28.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
- Diabetes: 16.7%
- Poverty Rate: 21.2% (11.7–30.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near Morning Star Baptist Church
- Higher Learning Ministries — 0 mi away
- Fountain-Deliverance Outreach — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Church — 0.2 mi away
- Glory Of God Ministry — 0.2 mi away
- Liberty Church International — 0.2 mi away
- Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- West End Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Harvest International Full Gospel Baptist Center — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Temple Church — 0.3 mi away