St James A.M.E. Church
St James A.M.E. Church is a Methodist church in Newark, NJ 07102. It is one of 437 churches in Newark, and one of 4 Methodist congregations in the city.
Newark, NJ, 07102St James A.M.E. Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St James A.M.E. Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 76.1%
- Food Insecurity: 39.9%
- Poverty Rate: 33.2% (21.3–45.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.1%
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.8%
- Unemployment: 10.6% (3.0–18.2%)
- Obesity: 39.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near St James A.M.E. Church
- Israel Memorial AME church — 0.1 mi away
- The Sanctuary USA — 0.1 mi away
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Mary's Abbey Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Metropolitan Baptist church — 0.2 mi away
- Wells Cathedral Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Universal Aurora — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Church — 0.4 mi away
- Abyssinian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away