Saint James Baptist Church
Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Capitol Heights, MD 20743. It is one of 115 churches in Capitol Heights, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
Capitol Heights, MD, 20743Saint James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 993 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Maryland — 71,418 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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.
- Social Isolation: 40.7%
- Food Insecurity: 25.6%
- Unemployment: 17.6% (7.4–27.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
- Obesity: 36.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
- Diabetes: 13.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Capitol Heights town is served by 5 churches — about one congregation for every 1,648 residents.
Churches near Saint James Baptist Church
- True Believers Pentecostal Glorious Church of God — 0.1 mi away in Washington, DC
- Christian Church Universal — 0.1 mi away in Washington, DC
- Trinity Temple of Prayer — 0.1 mi away
- Promised Land Ministries — 0.1 mi away in Washington, DC
- United Faith Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of St Martin Deporres — 0.2 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Washington, DC
- Holy Cross Prayer Band Spiritual — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Capitol Heights — 0.2 mi away
- Little Child Holy Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Washington, DC
- First Baptist Church of Capitol Heights — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Beulah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Washington, DC
- First National Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Washington, DC
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