Greater St James Missionary
Greater St James Missionary is a Missionary Baptist church at 830 W Pulford St in Opelousas, LA 70570-4334. It is one of 67 churches in Opelousas, and one of 4 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Greater Saint James Missionary Baptist Church is located at 830 W Pulford St in Opelousas, LA - Saint Landry County and is a business listed in the category Baptist Churches.
830 W Pulford St, Opelousas, LA, 70570-4334Phone: (337) 948-1443 · Website: https://greater-st-james-missionary-baptist-church-la.hub.biz/
Greater St James Missionary is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 71,417 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 Greater St James Missionary
Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 60.9% (41.1–80.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 55.7%
- Obesity: 50.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.6%
- Social Isolation: 43.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.6%
- Poverty Rate: 37.4% (24.5–50.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 35.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 29.6%
- Diabetes: 25.4%
- Depression: 25.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (0.1–14.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Greater St James Missionary
- Cathedral of Faith Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Emmanuel Church of God In Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Miracle Place Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Landry Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- His Light Kingdom Church — 0.7 mi away
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- Bellevue Street Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Little Zion Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Greater Live Oak Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Opelousas Bible Church — 2 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Washington, LA
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