Sixth Street Baptist Church

The community around Sixth Street Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 54.6%
• Food Insecurity: 40.5%
• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.3%
• Diabetes: 22.3%
• Unemployment: 12.9% (5.9–20.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (8.9–24.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 20.7% (11.4–30.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

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

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

Churches near Sixth Street Baptist Church

• New Calvary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Matthews Church — 0.3 mi away
• Rising St James Penecostal Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Timothy Independence Church — 0.3 mi away
• True Gospel Ministries I Am Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Oliva Apostlear Church — 0.3 mi away
• Tabernacle Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Division Street Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint John Pentecostal Holiness Church;Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Penecostal Church of Christs Disciples — 0.4 mi away