Forestville, MD

Forestville, MD: New construction in Forestville Maryland
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City Score 37 · Liberty · Prince George's County · Alexandria-Arlington area · Maryland

Churches & ways to serve in Forestville, Maryland. JoyProject helps neighbors and churches in Forestville pray for one another, meet real local needs, and gather in person. Right now Forestville has 2 churches and ministries, 5 upcoming events and 1 local need on JoyProject.

Today in Forestville

Pray for revival in Forestville. Lord, pour out your Spirit on Forestville. Make its 2 churches one, strengthen its families and leaders, and let many here come to know Jesus. Amen.

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Churches & ministries in Forestville

Upcoming events & volunteer opportunities in Forestville

  • Church School — · Forestville Baptist Church
  • Sunday Youth Sunday School — · Forestville Baptist Church
  • Midday Prayer & Praise — · Shiloh Abundant Life Ministries
  • Bible Study — · Forestville Baptist Church
  • Corporate Prayer — · Forestville Baptist Church

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Forestville: common questions

What churches in Forestville serve the community?

2 churches in Forestville, MD are listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Forestville there are 273 more, including Restoration Kingdom Ministries (0.1 mi), Church of the Way (0.2 mi), and The Commission Church of Christ (0.2 mi).

How can I volunteer in Forestville?

There are 17 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries in Forestville, MD in the next 30 days, most often for education & jobs and community service. The next one is Church School with Forestville Baptist Church on Saturday, November 14. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Forestville's City Score?

Forestville, MD scores 37 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 40 (the city from public data) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Forestville, MD

Forestville, MD scores 37 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 40 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly Maryland state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

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State-wide for Marriage & family and Liberty: the numbers for Divorces, Marriages, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for Maryland as a whole, not by city, so every Maryland city carries Maryland's numbers.

Maryland scores 39 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 43 · Movement 33).

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What's moving it

  • 140 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 442 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 544 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 779 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 194 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Forestville, MD

  • What Forestville is up against: 61 out of 100 — Better than 22% of cities, up 6 points
  • Where grace is growing: 38 out of 100 — Better than 74% of cities (From Prince George's County, MD)
  • Marriage & family: 21 out of 100 — Better than 11% of cities, down 1 point (Maryland state-wide)
  • Christian liberty: 63 out of 100 — Better than 65% of cities, up 17 points (Maryland state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Forestville, MD

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Forestville, MD rates 43 out of 100: Stirring across 8 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 30, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 21, Divided
  • Education: 43, Searching
  • Government: 65, Just
  • Media: 46, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 25, Worldly
  • Business: 63, Generous
  • Compassion: 54, Stirring

Every measure behind Forestville, MD's ratings

What takes Forestville, MD to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 25 → 40
  • Prayer: Prayer 30 → 45

What affected it

  • This week: Witness down 7 — 50% belong to a church
  • This week: Unity down 5 — 779 churches listed
  • This quarter: Anti-Christian hate crimes up 59 percentile points (Christian liberty)
  • This quarter: Cohabiting households down 13 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Violent crime up 10 percentile points (What Forestville is up against)

Forestville, MD over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for Forestville, MD, every indicator with its source

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