Saint James Church

The community around Saint James Church

It takes 6.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.3%
• Obesity: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Poverty Rate: 20.0% (9.3–30.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.6–20.1%)
• Unemployment: 7.8% (1.2–14.8%)

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

Churches near Saint James Church

• First African Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• The New Testament House of Prayer — 1.4 mi away
• First African Church — 4.5 mi away
• Youngs Island Community Church of God — 5.5 mi away
• South Newport Baptist Church — 5.7 mi away in Townsend, GA
• Ways Temple — 5.8 mi away
• Smallest Church in America — 5.8 mi away in Townsend, GA
• First Anderson Grove Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away
• Tree of Life Holiness Church — 5.8 mi away
• Second Anderson Grove Church — 5.9 mi away