First Union Baptist Church

First Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6144 Derwent Rd in Richmond, VA 23225-7825. It is one of 585 churches in Richmond, and one of 40 Baptist congregations in the city.

6144 Derwent Rd, Richmond, VA, 23225-7825

Phone: +18047459772 · Website: https://fubcdill.org/

First Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,736 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Virginia — 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 First Union Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of 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: 41.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 30.5% (21.0–40.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 26.0%
  • Obesity: 41.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 8.5% (2.3–14.8%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

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

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