University Baptist Church has a long history of working for social justice, starting with its involvement in the Abolition Movement in the 1850s and 60s. Members and friends of UBC volunteer their time, talents, and resources in a number of vital ministries, working against poverty and homelessness and advocating for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. Our affiliations and outreach include:

American Baptist Churches, USA, American Baptist Churches are healthy missional churches that nurture devoted disciples of Jesus Christ who live their lives in mission and ministry for the healing of the world through the love of God.

American Baptist Churches of the Rochester/Genesee Region of New York State

Interfaith Campus Coalition, University of Minnesota

The Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. As a member congregation, we welcome the full membership and participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in our life and ministry.

The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America, an ecumenical Baptist organization committed to peacemaking and justice-seeking in the US and throughout the world. We are one of about 50 partner congregations with the BPFNA. Many of us attend their annual Summer Conferences as well as the international friendship tours to foster peace and nonviolence.

The Alliance of Baptists, an organization which provides a clear voice for Christian freedom, distinctively Baptist and intentionally ecumenical in an interfaith world.

The Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith organization committed to active nonviolence as a transforming way of life and as a means of radical change.

Soulforce. Members participate in the local and national soulforce organizations committed to working for justice on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons using nonviolent tactics.