Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Alexandria, LA 71301. It is one of 179 churches in Alexandria, and one of 66 Baptist congregations in the city.
Alexandria, LA, 71301Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,388 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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 Union Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 50.6%
- Food Insecurity: 46.4%
- Social Isolation: 43.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.2%
- Poverty Rate: 34.9% (21.7–48.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 32.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.1%
- Diabetes: 24.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.1%
- Unemployment: 10.8% (3.3–18.4%)
- Child Poverty: 27.8% (13.8–46.6%)
- Depression: 26.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Alexandria city is served by 101 churches — about one congregation for every 303 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Saint James Memorial Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rose of Sharon Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Newman United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral — 0.4 mi away
- Christ Fellowship of CENLA — 0.4 mi away
- Unitarian Fellowship of Alexandria — 0.5 mi away
- Magnolia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Rose of Sharon Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ Fellowship of CENLA — 0.4 mi away
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