Saint James Lutheran Church
Saint James Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 5665 Merle Hay Road in Johnston, IA 50131. It is one of 15 churches in Johnston, and one of 3 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Worship by gathering joyfully so that all are strengthened for daily life; Education by nurturing all in their relationship with Jesus Christ and the world God loves; Ministry by empowering our members and staff to be their creative best as the working Body of Christ in our community and world; Stew
We are called to faithfully serve Christ, our congregation, and our community through:
5665 Merle Hay Road, Johnston, IA, 50131Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
Saint James Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 846 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Iowa — 15,905 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
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The community around Saint James Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 31.6%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Johnston city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,511 residents.
Churches near Saint James Lutheran Church
- Johnston River Of Life United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Summitcreek Church — 0.9 mi away
- Direction Church — 0.9 mi away in Ankeny, IA
- Saint Paul Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Reformed Church — 1 mi away
- Pathway Church — 1.2 mi away in Johston, IA
- Cornerstone Community Church — 1.3 mi away
- Mizo Church of Iowa — 1.4 mi away in Des Moines, IA
- Saint Aidan's Anglican Church — 1.4 mi away in Des Moines, IA
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 1.9 mi away in Des Moines, IA
- Gloria Dei Lutheran Church — 2.6 mi away in Urbandale, IA
- Saint Stephen Lutheran Church — 2.7 mi away in Urbandale, IA
- Lutheran Church of Hope - Johnston — 2.8 mi away