Mount Olivet Baptist Church

Mount Olivet Baptist Church is a church at 800 Augusta Avenue in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 124 churches in Petersburg.

800 Augusta Avenue, Petersburg, VA, 23803

Website: http://mtolivet.net/

Mount Olivet Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Mount Olivet Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.

  • Obesity: 49.7%
  • Social Isolation: 40.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.6% (20.1–41.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
  • Diabetes: 21.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.0%
  • Unemployment: 16.6% (5.4–27.8%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.5–18.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.

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