Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 320 East 7th Street in Alton, IL 62002. It is one of 71 churches in Alton, and one of 13 Baptist congregations in the city.
320 East 7th Street, Alton, IL, 62002Phone: (618) 462-2688
Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,419 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.
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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.2%
- Food Insecurity: 26.4%
- Social Isolation: 35.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
- Poverty Rate: 24.8% (12.7–36.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.5–11.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Alton city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 640 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Highway of Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
- Living Stones Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- El-Bethel Church — 0.2 mi away
- Whole Truth Church OF Christ — 0.2 mi away
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Unitarian Church Of Alton — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- St. John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Deliverance Temple — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul M.B. Church of Alton — 0.7 mi away