Saint James Baptist Church
Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 325 Wallace Street in Florence, AL 35630. It is one of 148 churches in Florence, and one of 24 Baptist congregations in the city.
325 Wallace Street, Florence, AL, 35630Saint James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint James Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 51.3%
- Obesity: 48.6%
- Poverty Rate: 47.5%
- Food Insecurity: 44.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.0%
- Diabetes: 23.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.1% (11.4–32.7%)
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
- Depression: 25.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Florence city is served by 74 churches — about one congregation for every 481 residents.
Churches near Saint James Baptist Church
- Faith Temple Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Mount Moriah Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bible Deliverance Church — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Oak Grove AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Dwelling Place — 0.4 mi away
- Westside Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Christian Student Center — 0.5 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Tennessee Valley Community Church — 0.6 mi away