Union Temple Baptist Church
Union Temple Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Baltimore, MD 21217. It is one of 1,253 churches in Baltimore, and one of 218 Baptist congregations in the city.
The mission and purpose of Union Temple Baptist Church is to carry out the mandate of Jesus, to feed (His) sheep by developing the spiritual lives of members to be followers of Jesus.
Union Temple Baptist Church was founded by the late Reverend Chester R. Smallwood on July 6, 1967, and was officially recognized by the Baptist Ministers Council of Washington and Vicinity as a Missionary Baptist Church in November 1967.
Baltimore, MD, 21217Website: http://www.utclive.org/
Shares a ministry location with City of Abraham Church & Ministries.
Union Temple Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 993 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Maryland — 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.
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Latest from Union Temple D.C.'s YouTube channel: 9/13/2026- UTBC Sunday Service: "i'm Glad You're Still Here" - CCLI 22840782-22840799 (all videos).
The community around Union Temple Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.
- Social Isolation: 41.6%
- Food Insecurity: 29.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
- Obesity: 42.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (2.6–15.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (10.6–29.7%)
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Baltimore city is served by 721 churches — about one congregation for every 810 residents.
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- Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Taste and See Apostolic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Patterson Asbury AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ray's Temple Apostolic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
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