Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church
Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 727 W. Gallatin St. in Vandalia, IL 62471. It is one of 25 churches in Vandalia.
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727 W. Gallatin St., Vandalia, IL, 62471Service times
- Wednesday 6pm · Advent Services
Phone: (618) 283-0725 · Website: https://www.stjamesvandalia.org/
Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,069 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Illinois — 15,755 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 Evangelical Lutheran Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 41.5%
- Social Isolation: 35.5%
- Food Insecurity: 20.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
- Poverty Rate: 21.2% (13.6–28.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (4.9–17.4%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%
- Unemployment: 6.0% (3.2–8.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Vandalia city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 553 residents.
Churches near Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Family Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
- Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Sorrowful Mother's Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mother of Dolors Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Free Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Metro Community Church — 0.7 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul Lutheran Church — 10.8 mi away in Shobonier, IL
- Saint Matthew Lutheran Church — 14.4 mi away in Fillmore, IL
- Saint Peter Lutheran Church — 15 mi away in Saint Peter, IL
- Our Redeemer Lutheran Church — 16.1 mi away in Greenville, IL