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 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 26.2%
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
• Poverty Rate: 18.7% (10.6–26.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.4–13.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint James Church

• Knoxo Church — 2.1 mi away
• Magees Creek Church — 2.3 mi away
• China Grove Church — 2.9 mi away
• Dillon Hill Church of God In Christ — 3.2 mi away
• Dillons Hill Church — 3.2 mi away
• New Bethel Church — 3.8 mi away
• Union Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Brandon Bay Church — 3.9 mi away
• Kokomo Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Kokomo, MS
• New Damascus Church — 4.6 mi away