Saint James Baptist Church
Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 63 churches in Emporia, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
Emporia, KS, 66801Saint James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 663 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kansas — 71,420 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 a few blocks of these doors, 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 33.4% (24.0–42.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 29.3%
- Obesity: 40.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.3% (12.3–26.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Emporia city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 551 residents.
Churches near Saint James Baptist Church
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Emporia Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Embrace Church Emporia — 0.2 mi away
- Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of Christ Science — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Centro Cristiano De Emporia — 0.3 mi away
- First Southern Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Christ Church Emporia — 1.5 mi away