Greater Union Baptist Church
Greater Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Compton, CA 90220. It is one of 164 churches in Compton, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.
Compton, CA, 90220Greater Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,418 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 Greater Union Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 say they are socially isolated, and more than a third 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.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 45.9%
- Food Insecurity: 39.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 8.5% (4.9–12.1%)
- Child Poverty: 26.9% (11.9–41.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 22.0% (13.5–30.4%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.8–18.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Compton city is served by 76 churches — about one congregation for every 1,254 residents.
Churches near Greater Union Baptist Church
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Force Missionary Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia de Dios (Israelita) — 0.2 mi away
- Centro Cristiano Victoria en Jesus — 0.2 mi away
- Martin Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Pentecostals of Compton — 0.2 mi away
- Light of the World Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Inspirational Missionary Church — 0.2 mi away
- Love and Unity Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Christian Force Missionary Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jericho Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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