Saint James Lutheran Church

Saint James Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church at 1315 Southwest Park Avenue in Portland, OR 97201. It is one of 646 churches in Portland, and one of 32 Lutheran congregations in the city.

1315 Southwest Park Avenue, Portland, OR, 97201

Phone: (503) 227-2439 · Website: https://stjamespdx.org/

Saint James Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 214 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across Oregon — 15,905 across the United States on The Church Map.

Lutherans put the gospel back into ordinary hands — Scripture in the language people actually spoke, and hymns the congregation itself was allowed to sing. That the church is saved by grace through faith, and that the whole assembly sings, are now the inheritance of nearly every Protestant church in America.

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The community around Saint James Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Depression: 31.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.8% (20.2–37.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.6%

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

Portland city is served by 353 churches — about one congregation for every 1,833 residents.

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