First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Suffolk, VA 23434. It is one of 212 churches in Suffolk, and one of 26 Baptist congregations in the city.
Suffolk, VA, 23434Website: https://gfbc-orlando.org/
First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at First Baptist Church
- Discipleship
- Missions
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The community around First 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 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: 54.2%
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Food Insecurity: 39.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
- Diabetes: 22.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
- Poverty Rate: 16.8% (7.1–26.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
- Unemployment: 6.4% (0.0–13.9%)
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.
Churches near First Baptist Church
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul's Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Joy Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Holy Trinity Elder Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pleasant Union Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jackson Memorial Redeemed Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sweet Beulah Holiness Center — 0.5 mi away
- Hosanna Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- East End Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Balm Church East Campus — 0.6 mi away