Old Union Baptist Church

Old Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Sweet Water, AL 36782. It is one of 27 churches in Sweet Water, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.

Part of Bibb Baptist Association

Sweet Water, AL, 36782

Old Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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 Old Union Baptist Church

It takes 7.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 28.6%
  • Diabetes: 20.8%
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Social Isolation: 38.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.6% (8.2–28.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.6%

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

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