St. James Baptist Church

St. James Baptist Church is a church at 1020 Eddy St in Vinton, LA 70668-3808. It is one of 13 churches in Vinton.

1020 Eddy St, Vinton, LA, 70668-3808

Phone: +13375894039 · Website: https://www.jamesfuneralhme.com/obituary/james-coine

St. 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 St. James Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 50.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.9% (24.9–52.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 37.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
  • Diabetes: 19.8%
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Depression: 31.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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