Saint James United Methodist Church
Saint James United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Monroe, LA 71202. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 7 Methodist congregations in the city.
Monroe, LA, 71202Saint James United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Saint James United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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.
- Child Poverty: 86.5%
- Obesity: 57.4%
- Food Insecurity: 53.6%
- Poverty Rate: 51.4%
- Social Isolation: 42.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 27.0%
- Diabetes: 25.8%
- Unemployment: 16.1% (5.2–27.1%)
- Depression: 24.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.
Churches near Saint James United Methodist Church
- Triumph Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Refuge Healing Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Matthew Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Matthews Church of Christ Holiness — 0.3 mi away
- World Love Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Stone Avenue Methodist Protestant Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lighthouse Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Jackson Street Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Monroe Christian Center — 0.5 mi away