St James Ame Church

The community around St James Ame Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 46.8%
• Food Insecurity: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Poverty Rate: 37.2% (22.4–52.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.5% (14.6–32.4%)
• Diabetes: 18.4%
• Child Poverty: 35.3% (16.7–54.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.0%

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

Churches near St James Ame Church

• The Harvest Church — 0.2 mi away
• Popular Spring Baptist Church, Nicholls, GA — 0.4 mi away
• Nicholls Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saginaw Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Elam Primitive Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Dry Creek Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Saginaw Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Coffee County, GA
• Grace Chapel — 5.1 mi away
• Wesley Chapel Southern Congregational Methodist Church — 5.4 mi away
• Douglas Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away