Baptist Temple
Baptist Temple is a Baptist church in Parkersburg, WV 26101. It is one of 111 churches in Parkersburg, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.
Parkersburg, WV, 26101Shares a ministry location with The Journey on Park Avenue.
Baptist Temple is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Baptist Temple
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 about a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,100 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: 47.3%
- Depression: 34.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
- Social Isolation: 33.9%
- Poverty Rate: 24.3% (15.6–32.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 22.4%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
- Unemployment: 8.1% (3.0–13.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Parkersburg city is served by 62 churches — about one congregation for every 506 residents.
Churches near Baptist Temple
- The Journey on Park Avenue — 0 mi away
- Parkersburg Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Seventh Street United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of His Presence - Parkersburg — 0.3 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Street Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away