Blackwater Church

The community around Blackwater Church

It takes 3.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Social Isolation: 33.2%
• Obesity: 38.1%
• Depression: 24.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Virginia Beach city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 3,847 residents.

Churches near Blackwater Church

• Princess Anne Church — 1.2 mi away
• Cava Church — 2 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Church — 2.8 mi away
• New Oak Grove Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Piney Grove Church — 3.1 mi away
• Oak Grove Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.5 mi away
• Church of Christ at Creeds — 3.9 mi away
• Kala Church — 3.9 mi away
• Indian Creek Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in Chesapeake, VA