University Baptist Church
University Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston, and one of 23 Baptist congregations in the city.
At University Baptist Church, we simply want to be a part of God’s story. So we are a group of people united by our trust in the good news of God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
Wheelchair accessible
Ruston, LA, 71270Service times
- Wednesday 6pm · night program for students runs
Phone: (513) 424-2612 · Website: http://www.universitybaptistchurch.com/
University 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 University Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 74.8%
- Poverty Rate: 56.5%
- Social Isolation: 41.7%
- Food Insecurity: 33.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
- Obesity: 43.1%
- Depression: 31.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
- Unemployment: 7.4% (0.0–17.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Ruston city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 658 residents.
Churches near University Baptist Church
- Barnet Springs Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Springhill CME Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cypress Springs Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- New Living Word Ministry — 1.3 mi away
- St Mary Baptist Church - Ruston, La — 1.5 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Redeemer — 1.5 mi away
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church — 1.6 mi away
- Ruston Church of God in Christ — 1.7 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- Mays Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Barnet Springs Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cypress Springs Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 2 mi away