Church of St. James the Less
Church of St. James the Less is a Episcopal church at 3217 West Clearfield Street in Philadelphia, PA 19132. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 27 Episcopal congregations in the city.
St. James is a faith-based educational community deeply rooted in transformative loving relationships.
St. James is a faith-based educational community deeply rooted in transformative loving relationships.
3217 West Clearfield Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19132Church of St. James the Less is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 296 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Pennsylvania — 6,341 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
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The community around Church of St. James the Less
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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Obesity: 41.1%
- Poverty Rate: 29.9% (15.9–43.9%)
- Unemployment: 9.7% (0.0–19.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.
Churches near Church of St. James the Less
- Living Water Christian Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Faithful Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Good News Church of the Lord Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away
- TransformChurch Philadelphia — 0.3 mi away
- Evangelistic Gospel Crusades — 0.3 mi away
- Mediator Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Gethsemane Temple Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
- Calvary United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Bethel Temple Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Mt. Sinai Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- From the Heart Church Ministries — 1.2 mi away
- Church of the Advocate — 1.6 mi away
- The Episcopal Mission Center — 2.2 mi away
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church — 2.2 mi away
- Saint Timothy's Episcopal Church — 2.2 mi away
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