Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church

Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church is a church in Blackshear, GA 31516. It is one of 46 churches in Blackshear.

Blackshear, GA, 31516

Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,458 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Georgia — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.

Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.

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The community around Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 36.7%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
Food Insecurity: 17.7%
Diabetes: 14.5%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (7.7–20.7%)
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Greater Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church

Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
Zion Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away
Bethel Temple Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
New Beginning Church of God — 0.3 mi away
Mark Summers Pastor Faith Baptist Church, Blackshear,GA — 0.5 mi away
Scotts Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
Scott Chapel United Methodist — 0.5 mi away
Bethel Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Faith Baptist Church of Blackshear Georgia — 0.7 mi away
First Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away

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Scotts Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
First Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
Saint John's United Methodist Church — 4.2 mi away
First Evangelical Methodist Church — 7.1 mi away in Waycross, GA
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