Saint James Lutheran Church

Saint James Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Sumter, SC 29150. It is one of 206 churches in Sumter, and one of 2 Lutheran congregations in the city.

Sumter, SC, 29150

Saint James Lutheran Church is part of the Lutheran family of churches in The American Church Story. 192 congregations of the Lutheran family gather across South Carolina — 15,755 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 about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 32.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 20.3%
  • Obesity: 39.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 15.2%
  • Diabetes: 14.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%
  • Unemployment: 7.4% (1.9–13.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Sumter city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.

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