St. James Baptist Church
St. James Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbus, OH 43211. It is one of 894 churches in Columbus, and one of 127 Baptist congregations in the city.
Columbus, OH, 43211St. James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,336 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Ohio — 71,352 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 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Obesity: 47.0%
- Social Isolation: 44.9%
- Food Insecurity: 42.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.7%
- Poverty Rate: 33.4% (20.9–45.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 17.8% (7.5–28.2%)
- Child Poverty: 31.9% (15.1–48.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (8.3–23.4%)
- Depression: 26.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Columbus city is served by 545 churches — about one congregation for every 1,492 residents.
Churches near St. James Baptist Church
- Pathway to Power Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God of Franklin County — 0.1 mi away
- The House of Prayer — 0.3 mi away
- Maynard Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Bethel Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Augustine and Gabriel Church — 0.4 mi away
- Good Shepherd Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- The Elevation Church — 0.4 mi away
- Man in Christ Ministries — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Pathway to Power Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Maynard Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good Shepherd Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away