Saint James Baptist Church

Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lafayette, LA 70501. It is one of 151 churches in Lafayette, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lafayette, LA, 70501

Phone: (337) 704-5645 · Website: http://www.ebalaf.com

Saint James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,388 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 46.9% (33.8–60.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 41.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 40.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 32.1% (20.1–44.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
  • Diabetes: 20.1%
  • Obesity: 43.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (7.0–23.7%)
  • Unemployment: 10.7% (3.4–18.5%)
  • Depression: 24.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Lafayette city is served by 51 churches — about one congregation for every 2,480 residents.

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