Saint James Baptist Church
Saint James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gulfport, MS 39501. It is one of 162 churches in Gulfport, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.
Gulfport, MS, 39501Saint James Baptist 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 Saint James Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.9% (15.7–32.2%)
- Unemployment: 13.6% (2.7–24.7%)
- Obesity: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 38.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
- Child Poverty: 30.2% (13.8–47.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 24.6% (12.6–36.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 22.3%
- Diabetes: 17.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gulfport city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,727 residents.
Churches near Saint James Baptist Church
- Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bible Way Baptist Church Gulfport, MS — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Word of Faith Christian — 0.3 mi away
- Mercy Seat Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Peter's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Bible Way Baptist Church Gulfport, MS — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Memorial Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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