University Baptist Church
University Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1172 E Lee Blvd in Starkville, MS 39759-9723. It is one of 120 churches in Starkville, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to create a sanctuary where every individual is valued and accepted.
At University Baptist Church, where "UBU@UBC" echoes our inclusive spirit, we embody the transformative love of Jesus.
1172 E Lee Blvd, Starkville, MS, 39759-9723Phone: (662) 323-8333 · Website: http://www.ubcstarkville.org/
University Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,420 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 University Baptist Church
- Local Service
- Global Missions
- Interfaith Collaboration
- Youth and Family Programs
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The community around University Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 50.7%
- Social Isolation: 42.7%
- Food Insecurity: 26.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
- Depression: 25.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near University Baptist Church
- The Orchard Starkville — 0 mi away
- Starkville Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Chapel of Memories — 0.4 mi away in Mississippi State, MS
- Shining Light Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Victory Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 1.3 mi away
- First Church of Christ Holiness — 1.3 mi away
- Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Victory Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- First Baptist Starkville Warehouse — 1.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
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