Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 301 Pennington Avenue in Trenton, NJ 08618. It is one of 243 churches in Trenton, and one of 21 Baptist congregations in the city.
One in Christ, One in Heart, One In Mission.
At Union Baptist Church we are a historic congregation in New Jersey’s capitol city with over 120 years of unbroken fellowship and worship.
301 Pennington Avenue, Trenton, NJ, 08618Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
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.
Ministries at Union Baptist Church
- Community Development
- Social Justice
- Specialized Programs
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Latest from Union Baptist Church - Trenton NJ's YouTube channel: Union Baptist Church - Sunday, September 13, 2026 (all videos).
The community around Union Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 40.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 19.0%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (6.0–21.6%)
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
- Poverty Rate: 29.2% (16.4–42.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Obesity: 39.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Trenton city is served by 155 churches — about one congregation for every 581 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- First Antioch Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Life Christian Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Spotlight Holy Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Mason Memorial Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Mt. Ararat Original Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Evangelica Puerta de Sion — 0.3 mi away
- St. Paul AME Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Mount Zion AME Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt. Ararat Original Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Mt. Carmel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Wayne Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Samaritan Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faithful Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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