East End Baptist Church

East End Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 525 Washington Street in Suffolk, VA 23434. It is one of 211 churches in Suffolk, and one of 32 Baptist congregations in the city.

To become known as ‘The Orchard’ – a place that is all about the harvest – by our fruit we shall be recognized.

To DISCERN the presence of God, DISCIPLE the followers of God, and DISCOVER the newness of God.

525 Washington Street, Suffolk, VA, 23434

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am
  • Sunday 9am

Shares a ministry location with Balm Church East Campus.

East End Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,727 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 71,418 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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Latest from The East End Baptist Church's YouTube channel: How To Study the Bible Workshop Session 5: August 07, 2026 (all videos).

The community around East End Baptist Church

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 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Obesity: 54.4%
  • Social Isolation: 40.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 40.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
  • Diabetes: 22.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 8.2% (1.6–15.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.2–27.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (5.6–18.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Suffolk city is served by 138 churches — about one congregation for every 687 residents.

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