Chicago Avenue Baptist Church

Chicago Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 630 East 16th Street in Richmond, VA 23224. It is one of 517 churches in Richmond, and one of 66 Baptist congregations in the city.

630 East 16th Street, Richmond, VA, 23224

Shares a ministry location with Reconciliation Church of God.

Chicago Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Chicago Avenue 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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.

  • Social Isolation: 41.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 30.0%
  • Obesity: 44.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.4% (10.4–26.5%)
  • Diabetes: 17.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
  • Unemployment: 9.3% (3.1–15.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.0% (11.1–22.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.8%

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

Richmond city is served by 181 churches — about one congregation for every 1,255 residents.

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