Saint James Episcopal Church
Saint James Episcopal Church is a church in Independence, IA 50644. It is one of 22 churches in Independence.
Independence, IA, 50644Saint James Episcopal Church is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 65 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Iowa — 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 about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 37.4%
- Social Isolation: 30.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Independence city is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 238 residents.
Churches near Saint James Episcopal Church
- Living Water Church — 0.1 mi away
- Our Redeemer Church — 0.1 mi away
- Freedom Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint John's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Indee Community Bible Church — 0.2 mi away
- Hope Wesleyan Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Independence United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- Trinity Episcopal Parish — 23.7 mi away in Waterloo, IA