Sweet Union Baptist Church
Sweet Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church at Madison Avenue Northwest in Roanoke, VA 24016. It is one of 315 churches in Roanoke, and one of 36 Baptist congregations in the city.
Madison Avenue Northwest, Roanoke, VA, 24016Website: http://www.sweetunionbc.com/
Sweet Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Sweet Union Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 51.1%
- Social Isolation: 41.4%
- Food Insecurity: 38.2%
- Poverty Rate: 38.1% (22.2–53.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
- Diabetes: 22.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (2.5–15.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Roanoke city is served by 141 churches — about one congregation for every 703 residents.
Churches near Sweet Union Baptist Church
- Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Guiding Star New Day Ministries COGIC — 0.2 mi away
- Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Gerards Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Hill Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Maple Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away