Roanoke First Church of God

Roanoke First Church of God is a Baptist church at 5008 Hildebrand Rd NW in Roanoke, VA 24012-1528. It is one of 351 churches in Roanoke, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.

We are humbly grateful to GOD for the accomplishments He has allowed us in the Roanoke Valley.

Serving since 1925

5008 Hildebrand Rd NW, Roanoke, VA, 24012-1528

Phone: (540) 366-2653 · Website: https://roanokechurch.net/About_Us.html

Shares a ministry location with Saint Thomas of Canterbury Anglican Catholic Church.

Roanoke First Church of God 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.

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The community around Roanoke First Church of God

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 46.3% (30.8–61.7%)
  • Obesity: 40.5%
  • Social Isolation: 35.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.1% (18.8–35.3%)
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 8.1% (3.1–13.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.6%

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

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