Union Baptist Church

Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 799 Canal Street in Brooklyn, IL 62059. It is one of 12 churches in Brooklyn, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

799 Canal Street, Brooklyn, IL, 62059

Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Union Baptist Church

  • Children's Ministry
  • Young Adult Ministry
  • Dance Ministry
  • Marriage Ministry
  • Men's Ministry
  • Women's Ministry
  • Usher Ministry

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The community around Union Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Obesity: 53.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 47.0%
  • Child Poverty: 45.1% (26.3–63.8%)
  • Poverty Rate: 42.1% (26.5–57.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 35.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.8%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.7%
  • Diabetes: 22.3%
  • Unemployment: 17.0% (5.1–28.9%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

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