St. James M. B. Church
St. James M. B. Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 949 E Monticello St in Brookhaven, MS 39601-8888. It is one of 94 churches in Brookhaven, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
FAITHFULLY FOLLOWING CHRIST IN FELLOWSHIP AND FAITH
Serving since 1866
949 E Monticello St, Brookhaven, MS, 39601-8888Service times
- Sunday 9am · Morning
Phone: +16018355000 · Website: https://www.stjamesmbc1.com/
St. James M. B. Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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 M. B. Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 51.6%
- Food Insecurity: 46.1%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
- Poverty Rate: 31.7% (17.7–45.8%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.6%
- Diabetes: 24.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.8% (15.9–31.8%)
- Child Poverty: 39.7% (23.8–55.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 7.0% (0.3–16.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. James M. B. Church
- Easthaven Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Avery Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Living Word Faith Ministry — 0.6 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Center Street Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.8 mi away
- The Assembly Brookhaven — 0.8 mi away
- Kynette Pilgrim United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Easthaven Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Paul Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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