Baptist Student Union

Baptist Student Union is a Baptist church at 1307 South Avenue K in Portales, NM 88130. It is one of 36 churches in Portales, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

1307 South Avenue K, Portales, NM, 88130

Baptist Student Union is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 371 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Mexico — 71,872 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 Baptist Student Union

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 37.8%
  • Child Poverty: 32.9% (15.7–50.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.3% (4.9–13.9%)
  • Depression: 25.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.9% (9.8–30.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Portales city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 1,235 residents.

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