St James Lutheran Church
St James Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 4854 Portland Avenue South in Minneapolis, MN 55417. It is one of 454 churches in Minneapolis, and one of 51 Lutheran congregations in the city.
4854 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN, 55417Service times
- Sunday 9:45am
- Sunday 8:30am
Shares a ministry location with Iglesia Luz de Fe y Esperanza.
St James Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,487 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Minnesota — 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.
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Latest from st james lutheran church's YouTube channel: SJLC Worship Sept 13 2026 (all videos).
The community around St James Lutheran Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 30.2%
- Depression: 25.5%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Minneapolis city is served by 181 churches — about one congregation for every 2,358 residents.
Churches near St James Lutheran Church
- Iglesia Luz de Fe y Esperanza — 0 mi away
- Jacob's Well — 0.3 mi away
- First Evangelical Free Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Joan of Arc — 0.5 mi away
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Believers Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- Lakes Apostolic Church — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
- Solomon's Porch — 0.7 mi away
- Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
More Lutheran churches nearby
- St. John's Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Nokomis Heights Lutheran Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Free Lutheran Church — 0.9 mi away
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
- Mt. Zion Lutheran Church — 1 mi away
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