Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newark, NJ 07107. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 42 Baptist congregations in the city.
Union Baptist Church strives to be a place where all are welcome in the sharing of Jesus Christ as Lord; where the power of God is demonstrated in worship and discipleship, where fellowship, health, healing and empowerment are brought about through prayer and service as led by the Holy Spirit.
Union Baptist Church is Committed to Christ, Progressive in Thought, Nurtured in Tradition, Faithful in Service...
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Newark, NJ, 07107Shares a ministry location with Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 706 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 71,417 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 Baptist Church of Montclair's YouTube channel: "The Sacrifice Of Being Together" Pt.2 Rev. Dr. Campbell B. Singleton III (all videos).
The community around Union 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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.
- Food Insecurity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
- Poverty Rate: 27.6% (16.4–38.8%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 10.9% (3.9–17.9%)
- Obesity: 37.3%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (5.2–17.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0 mi away
- Haitian Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Communion International — 0.1 mi away
- Rivers of Living Water UCC NJ — 0.2 mi away
- Phillips Metropolitain CME — 0.2 mi away
- Anglican Church of the Resurrection — 0.2 mi away
- Temple of Salvation and Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Roseville Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lighthouse Temple — 0.2 mi away
- St Barnabas Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bethany Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist — 0.4 mi away
- Hopewell Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away