Saint James Baptist Church
Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gary, IN 46407. It is one of 275 churches in Gary, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.
Gary, IN, 46407Saint James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around Saint James Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of 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 the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 56.2% (37.4–73.6%)
- Obesity: 53.3%
- Food Insecurity: 44.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.6%
- Poverty Rate: 36.2% (22.9–49.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.1%
- Diabetes: 27.2%
- Unemployment: 15.1% (4.3–26.9%)
- Social Isolation: 36.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (2.5–20.1%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.
Churches near Saint James Baptist Church
- Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Temple — 0.1 mi away
- New Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Timothy Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Hope Apostolic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Triumph the Church — 0.3 mi away
- All Nations Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Van Buren Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away