St. James Lutheran Church
St. James Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Lafayette, IN 47904. It is one of 98 churches in Lafayette, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.
Serving since 1850
Lafayette, IN, 47904Service times
- Sunday 10am
- Wednesday 6pm
- Wednesday 3pm–5:30pm · by Appointment -
St. James Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 353 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Indiana — 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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Latest from St James Lutheran's YouTube channel: Sunday Mass - August 2 2026 (all videos).
The community around St. James Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 26.1%
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Poverty Rate: 27.4% (18.1–36.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.2%
- Depression: 26.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.2% (6.6–15.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Lafayette city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 2,837 residents.
Churches near St. James Lutheran Church
- Brown Street United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- City of God Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Good Shepherd Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Boniface — 0.2 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. John's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lafayette Community Church — 0.3 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- Our Saviour Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away in West Lafayette, IN
- Purdue Lutheran Ministry — 1.2 mi away in West Lafayette, IN
- Greater Lafayette Chinese Alliance Church — 1.3 mi away in West Lafayette, IN
- University Lutheran Church — 1.3 mi away in West Lafayette, IN