Zion Baptist Church

Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Parkersburg, WV 26101. It is one of 121 churches in Parkersburg, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.

Parkersburg, WV, 26101

Zion Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 774 congregations of the Baptist family gather across West Virginia — 71,872 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 Zion Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 61.0% (41.5–80.5%)
  • Obesity: 48.8%
  • Depression: 35.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.6% (22.9–42.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 26.4%
  • Diabetes: 18.2%
  • Unemployment: 14.8% (8.2–21.4%)
  • Social Isolation: 35.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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

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