Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Des Moines, IA 50316. It is one of 341 churches in Des Moines, and one of 26 Baptist congregations in the city.
Des Moines, IA, 50316Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Union Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
- Obesity: 43.6%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Child Poverty: 26.9% (9.7–44.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (12.0–28.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (8.4–19.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Des Moines city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Christ Apostolic Temple — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- University Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emmanuel Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Jesus Christ Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Maple Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peter's Church — 0.4 mi away
- Evangelistic Christian Church — 0.4 mi away