Union Evangelistic Baptist Church
Union Evangelistic Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1625 Center Avenue in Chicago Heights, IL 60411. It is one of 46 churches in Chicago Heights, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.
Under his leadership, Union has experienced measurable growth spiritually, financially, and numerically—welcoming over 155 new members and strengthening its identity as a vibrant, multigenerational congregation.
1625 Center Avenue, Chicago Heights, IL, 60411Service times
- Sunday 5pm · ServiceApr 2026
- Sunday 10:45am · ServiceApr 2026
- Friday 3pm · Communion & Prayer ServiceApr 2026
Union Evangelistic Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,173 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,352 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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Latest from Union Evangelistic Baptist Church's YouTube channel: The Miseducation: Learn to Choose Yourself! | Rev. Derrick D. Jones Jr. | Union EBC | 11/1/26 (all videos).
The community around Union Evangelistic Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 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: 43.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Poverty Rate: 31.9% (20.1–43.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
- Obesity: 41.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
- Child Poverty: 33.6% (14.4–52.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
- Diabetes: 17.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (5.6–18.5%)
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.9–11.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Chicago Heights city is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 1,691 residents.
Churches near Union Evangelistic Baptist Church
- Payne Chapel AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Family Church — 0.2 mi away
- Presence Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- True Foundation Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Faith Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia El Faro — 0.5 mi away
- Mt. Zion Apostolic Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Mt Sinai Apolistic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Baker Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Faith Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Saint Bethel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in South Chicago Heights, IL
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