St James Church
St James Church is a Lutheran Church—missouri Synod church at 701 4th St NW in Grand Rapids, MI 49504. It is one of 420 churches in Grand Rapids, and one of 2 Lutheran Church—missouri Synod congregations in the city.
Serving since 1929
701 4th St NW, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · WorshipJoin us for worship
Phone: (616) 458-3065 · Website: https://www.stjamesgr.com/
St James Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 917 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Michigan — 15,905 across the United States on The Church Map.
Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.
Ministries at St James Church
- Preschool and Day School
- ISJ Academy
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The community around St James 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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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: 35.9%
- Child Poverty: 30.7% (11.9–49.5%)
- Depression: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 23.2% (14.5–31.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.8%
- Obesity: 37.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (2.5–10.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Grand Rapids city is served by 313 churches — about one congregation for every 628 residents.
Churches near St James Church
- Basilica of St. Adalbert — 0 mi away
- Center De La Verdad — 0.1 mi away
- Stockbridge Boiler Room — 0.1 mi away
- Gods Love Ministry -WSFC — 0.1 mi away
- Saint James Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Engedi Church - Grand Rapids — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Mary’s Catholic Church – Grand Rapids — 0.3 mi away
- Alpha And Omega Church — 0.3 mi away
- City View Church — 0.4 mi away
- God's House Of Grace And Truth — 0.4 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
- Hope Lutheran Church — 2 mi away
- St. James Lutheran Church — 2.2 mi away
- Spirit and Life Team — 3.2 mi away