Insights from in and around the association
UBA Voices
Our Favorite Things: The Leaders Collaborative
Equipping African American and multicultural leaders for gospel work
This One Thing Can Dramatically Multiply Your Church's Sending
How can you look up from the needs and ministries of your local church to strategically identify, equip, send, and support people for ministry? Sending Pathways helps you do just that!
What is Collaborative Sending?
With small shifts in our mindset, we can tap into the resources that we already have to identify, equip, send, and support the next generation of gospel ministers.
George Liele: A Missions and Church Planting Name You Should Know
George Liele is a powerful—if often overlooked—missions figure we should all know.
How Sharing Space Gave These Churches a Kingdom Perspective
How sharing one church building helped two congregations lean into Kingdom work.
Facts Every Minister Should Know about Houston
These statistics are more than just numbers. They represent the shape of our city and the context in which we minister.
A Statement on the Death of George Floyd
As a diverse association of churches committed to the equality and dignity of all people, the churches in the Union Baptist Association condemn the racism and injustice that has plagued our nation and harmed our African Americans brothers and sisters for far too long. We grieve the death of George Floyd, who was was a Houstonian, and our city feels his loss on a personal level. Let's seek justice, be humble, and answer hate with genuine love and peace.
We're #3?!
Statistics may or may not be your thing, but they can tell us a lot about the area in which we live—its population growth, diversity, and whether or not we can have bragging rights over Dallas. With that in mind, we have compiled some helpful statistics as a starting point for understanding the greater Houston area. How might understanding the growth of our city and its underlying issues help us better reach our communities as they are?
Celebrating Ministry of Tom Billings
Being the executive director of UBA provided me with a platform to do ministry on so many levels—working with the churches of UBA, working with associations, state and national conventions in the US and abroad, working with our two primary mission agencies (NAMB and IMB)—opportunities I might never have had as a pastor. Meredith Cook interviews Tom Billings (DMin) about his leadership in Union Baptist Association. [photo credit: Tom Billings]