Saint James Episcopal Church
Saint James Episcopal Church is a Episcopal church at 1540 12th Avenue in Oakland, CA 94606. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 3 Episcopal congregations in the city.
1540 12th Avenue, Oakland, CA, 94606Saint James Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 365 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across California — 5,448 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
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The community around Saint James Episcopal Church
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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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.
- Social Isolation: 42.7%
- Food Insecurity: 27.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
- Poverty Rate: 18.5% (11.7–25.2%)
- Diabetes: 13.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (5.4–18.6%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (2.0–11.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.
Churches near Saint James Episcopal Church
- Grace Temple Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mt. Hermon M.B.C. — 0.1 mi away
- Williams Chapel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Anthonys Convent — 0.2 mi away
- Foothill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zide Door — 0.2 mi away
- St. Anthony's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Asamblea Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús — 0.3 mi away
- Bible Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Rice Temple — 0.3 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- Episcopal Church of Our Saviour — 1.4 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away in Alameda, CA
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away
- St. Augustine's Episcopal Church — 2.2 mi away
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