Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Jennings, LA 70546. It is one of 27 churches in Jennings, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our church's chief aim is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ through a Christ-centered message and people-oriented ministry.
Jennings, LA, 70546Service times
- Thursday 6pm · 1st 3rd
Phone: (337) 658-4409 · Website: http://unionbaptistchurchofjennings.org/
Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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.
Ministries at Union Baptist Church
- After School Tutoring
- We Care Ministry
- Senior Mission
- Sunshine Band
- Hype Zone
- Bible Study
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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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.
- Obesity: 46.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Diabetes: 18.8%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
- Depression: 27.6%
- Poverty Rate: 24.8% (14.9–34.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Child Poverty: 25.9% (11.2–40.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Jennings city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 441 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Triumph Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Tabernacle — 0.5 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Jenning's Greater First Apostolic Church — 1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mount Triumph Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
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