West Norfolk Baptist Church

West Norfolk Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Portsmouth, VA 23703. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth, and one of 41 Baptist congregations in the city.

Portsmouth, VA, 23703

West Norfolk Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,736 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,872 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.

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The community around West Norfolk Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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: 35.8%
  • Obesity: 37.2%
  • Depression: 23.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 17.7%
  • Diabetes: 14.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%

Source: CDC PLACES (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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