Saint James Church of God in Christ
Saint James Church of God in Christ is a church at 1710 Elm Avenue in Portsmouth, VA 23704. It is one of 213 churches in Portsmouth.
1710 Elm Avenue, Portsmouth, VA, 23704Shares a ministry location with Faith Evangelical Church.
Saint James Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 487 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Virginia — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Saint James Church of God in Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 51.2%
- Food Insecurity: 45.3%
- Social Isolation: 41.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.0%
- Poverty Rate: 37.6% (22.3–53.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 33.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
- Diabetes: 24.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
- Unemployment: 12.4% (4.3–20.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 818 residents.
Churches near Saint James Church of God in Christ
- Faith Evangelical Church — 0 mi away
- New Beginnings Christian Outreach Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Elm Avenue Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Prentiss Park Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jackson Memorial Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Elm Avenue Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Centennial Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Light Church of Deliverance — 0.3 mi away
- Portsmouth Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Portsmouth Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church of Christ Holiness — 0.4 mi away
- Antioch Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Antioch — 0.5 mi away
- Union Pentecostal Church Number 2 — 0.6 mi away
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