Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist Church

Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist Church is a Seventh Day Adventist church at 1819 Elm Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 2 Seventh Day Adventist congregations in the city.

1819 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704

Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist Church is part of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family of churches in The American Church Story. 110 congregations of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family gather across Virginia — 3,749 across the United States on The Church Map.

Adventists have kept two things in front of a forgetful church: that God commanded rest, and that Christ is actually returning. They also built one of the largest Protestant health and education systems on earth — hospitals, clinics, and schools serving many times their own membership.

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The community around Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist 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 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: 50.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 44.2%
  • Social Isolation: 41.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.0% (20.2–49.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.5%
  • Diabetes: 24.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
  • Unemployment: 12.2% (3.8–20.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 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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