Union Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Bluefield, WV 24701. It is one of 82 churches in Bluefield, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
Bluefield, WV, 24701Union Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 774 congregations of the Baptist family gather across West 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 Union Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
- Diabetes: 19.5%
- Obesity: 43.7%
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Depression: 30.9%
- Poverty Rate: 23.4% (13.7–33.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 23.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
- Unemployment: 7.1% (1.4–12.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bluefield city is served by 40 churches — about one congregation for every 167 residents.
Churches near Union Baptist Church
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- John Stewart Memorial Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Spoken Word Temple — 0.2 mi away
- First Prebyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Raleigh Street Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Scott Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Center Church — 0.3 mi away
- Salvation Army Chapel — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Scott Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- College Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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