Emmanuel Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Parkersburg, WV 26101. It is one of 120 churches in Parkersburg, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.

Parkersburg, WV, 26101

Emmanuel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 771 congregations of the Baptist family gather across West Virginia — 71,420 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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The community around Emmanuel Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults here carry depression, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 47.0%
  • Depression: 34.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Social Isolation: 33.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.5% (15.9–33.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
  • Unemployment: 7.1% (2.3–11.9%)

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

Parkersburg city is served by 62 churches — about one congregation for every 506 residents.

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