Jackson Memorial Baptist Church
Jackson Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1910 Atlanta Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 51 Baptist congregations in the city.
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1910 Atlanta Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704Service times
- Sunday 8:15am
- Sunday 10:30am · late service week
Jackson Memorial 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 — 71,417 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 Jackson Memorial Baptist Church
- Food Drives
- Bible Study Groups
- Volunteer Opportunities
- Community Events
- Family Activities
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The community around Jackson Memorial 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 nearly half 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 51.5%
- Food Insecurity: 45.7%
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Poverty Rate: 39.7% (24.0–55.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.9%
- Diabetes: 25.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.7%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (5.2–22.4%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.
Churches near Jackson Memorial Baptist Church
- New Beginnings Christian Outreach Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Evangelical Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Elm Avenue Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Light Church of Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Centennial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Portsmouth Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Elm Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Centennial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Elm Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Saint Thomas Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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