Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in South River, NJ 08882. It is one of 25 churches in South River, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.
South River, NJ, 08882Union 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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The community around Union Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Food Insecurity: 21.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (7.7–22.9%)
- Unemployment: 8.5% (3.3–13.8%)
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
South River borough is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 1,005 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Adoração mundial — 0.1 mi away
- Conklin United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Life Fellowship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Redentor Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Igreja Universal — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Mary of Ostrabrama Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.3 mi away
- Changing Lives Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Igreja Batista Missionaria — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Igreja Batista Missionaria — 0.3 mi away
- First Russian Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- East Brunswick Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in East Brunswick, NJ
- Old Bridge Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in East Brunswick, NJ
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