St James Baptist Church
St James Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 604 25th St in Gulfport, MS 39501-3411. It is one of 161 churches in Gulfport, and one of 30 Baptist congregations in the city.
To glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ through the faithful teaching of God’s Word and lovingly engaging our community through evangelism, service and compassion.
St. James Baptist Church in Gulfport, Mississippi offers spiritual guidance, community services, and a welcoming environment for worship, fellowship, and growth in faith.
604 25th St, Gulfport, MS, 39501-3411Service times
- Wednesday 6:30pm · Bible Study
Phone: (228) 863-0326 · Website: https://stjamesbaptist.org/
St James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,417 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 Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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.
- Child Poverty: 68.8%
- Poverty Rate: 49.1% (36.0–62.2%)
- Obesity: 45.7%
- Food Insecurity: 39.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 30.0% (19.2–40.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
- Unemployment: 25.0% (10.9–39.2%)
- Diabetes: 21.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St James Baptist Church
- Miracle Temple Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- The Nourishing Place — 0.3 mi away
- Gulfport Maranatha Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Freedom Christian Church, MSGC — 0.5 mi away
- Family Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Guinn Memorial Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Broadmoor Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- The Wilderness Place — 0.8 mi away
- Life Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Redeemer Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Broadmoor Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Gulfport Full Gospel Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Mercy Seat Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
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