James Road Baptist Church
James Road Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Memphis, TN 38128. It is one of 1,547 churches in Memphis, and one of 382 Baptist congregations in the city.
Memphis, TN, 38128James Road Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,860 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,872 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.
Find James Road Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around James Road Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.7%
- Diabetes: 19.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
- Poverty Rate: 23.6% (13.8–33.5%)
- Depression: 24.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (6.3–18.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near James Road Baptist Church
- FGBC Fellowship Central Region — 0.1 mi away
- Golden Gate Cathedral — 0.1 mi away
- Heritage Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy City Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- True Grace Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Fields of Joy — 0.2 mi away
- Scenic Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Historical Mount Pleasant MB Church — 0.3 mi away
- Scenic Hills Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Scenic Hills Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Thomas Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ascension Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- United Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away