Portsmouth Church of the Nazarene

Portsmouth Church of the Nazarene is a church at 2512 Barclay Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23702. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth.

2512 Barclay Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23702

Portsmouth Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 112 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Virginia — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around Portsmouth Church of the Nazarene

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 40.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.0%
  • Obesity: 42.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.6% (13.3–34.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
  • Diabetes: 15.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
  • Depression: 24.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.5%

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

Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.

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