Seventh and James Baptist Church
Seventh and James Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 602 James Avenue in Waco, TX 76706. It is one of 284 churches in Waco, and one of 64 Baptist congregations in the city.
602 James Avenue, Waco, TX, 76706Service times
- Wednesday 6pm · Programs
Website: https://seventhandjames.org/
Seventh and James Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,418 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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Upcoming events at Seventh and James Baptist Church
- Sun, Sep 20 · 4 PM: Adult Handbells
- Sun, Sep 20 · 5 PM: Youth Choir
- Sun, Sep 20 · 5:30 PM: Youth Handbells
- Sun, Sep 20 · 6 PM: Youth Fellowship
- Tue, Sep 22 · 5:30 PM: Yoga
From Seventh and James Baptist Church's public calendar (https://seventhandjames.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Seventh and James Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 64.6%
- Depression: 32.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Waco city is served by 124 churches — about one congregation for every 1,084 residents.
Churches near Seventh and James Baptist Church
- Elliston Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peter Catholic Student Center — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Salvation Army — 0.6 mi away
- Clay Street Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
- Hip Hop Hope Waco — 0.8 mi away
- Waco Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.8 mi away
- The Light of the World Church Waco, Texas — 0.8 mi away
- St James United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hip Hop Hope Waco — 0.8 mi away
- Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church Waco — 0.9 mi away
- New Horizon Baptist Church — 1 mi away