Third Baptist Church
Third Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 630 Halifax Street in Petersburg, VA 23803. It is one of 124 churches in Petersburg, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.
Serving since 1842
630 Halifax Street, Petersburg, VA, 23803Third Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Third Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 53.7%
- Food Insecurity: 44.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.1%
- Diabetes: 28.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
- Unemployment: 19.2% (5.8–32.6%)
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Poverty Rate: 29.5% (18.0–41.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0% (11.4–19.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Petersburg city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 652 residents.
Churches near Third Baptist Church
- Good Shepherd Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Higher Way Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Christian Outreach Ministry — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Warriors of Yahweh, An Assembly of Yahweh — 0.3 mi away
- Bethesda Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Metropolitan Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Solomon's Temple RZUA Church — 0.3 mi away
- Royal Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away