Saint James Church

The community around Saint James Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Food Insecurity: 36.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Obesity: 43.7%
• Social Isolation: 39.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.6%
• Poverty Rate: 17.5% (8.6–26.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint James Church

• Bethelhem Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Mount Bethel Church — 1.8 mi away
• Greater Mt Bethel Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Mount Bethel Church — 1.8 mi away
• Gospel Church — 1.9 mi away
• Stanton Church — 2.1 mi away
• Stanton Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Coles Creek Church — 2.6 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Saint James Church — 2.6 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Cedar Grove Church — 2.6 mi away