Mission:

Worship (spiritual growth)

Education

Inreach to our St. James congregation, and

Community Outreach to our brothers and sisters outside the St. James Congregation 

Vision:

"Our Vision is to BE disciples --- those who know Christ, share Christ, and multiply Christ in the lives of others.”

We will achieve our Vision through our Mission and Core Values

Values:

We are committed to Faith in Jesus Christ.

We value Diversity and therefore embrace Respect for all People, Empathy, and Kindness, recognizing that ALL people are God’s people.

History :

The St. James building is modeled on a 12th-century English country church. It began with sketches made by Kentucky Bishop Benjamin Bosworth Smith on a trip to England and became a significant work of William Henry Redin 1822-1904, a Louisville architect who was well known as an ecclesiastical architect and builder. The building was named to the Nation Register of Historic Places in the 1980's.

The little parish grew under the direction of several rectors until the early 1870's, when Bishop George David Cummins, Assistant Bishop of Kentucky to Bishop Smith, took charge. Bishop Cummins had some ideas about theology that were unacceptable to the church and finally, in 1874, was deposed and defrocked by the House of Bishops. In response, he boarded up the windows of St. James and padlocked the doors.

Bishop Smith broke the locks, opened the church, assigned a new priest and ordered Cummins never to set foot on St. James property again. The parish weathered this storm, as it would others in its 137-year history.