Saint James Lutheran Church

Saint James is a congregation of the ELCA and it's Lower Susquehanna Synod.

Saint James Lutheran Church was organized in the early 1900s after The Reverend Miles Mehrkam, pastor of Saint John's Lutheran Church noted that a large amount of his congregation came from the east end of Columbia. In 1901 the Susquehanna Fire Engine House was built and in 1902 a mission in the east end of town was established. The services were held on the second floor of the firehouse at a cost of $6.00 a month. In 1906 a vacant lot became available at 10th and Manor Street and was purchased by Saint John's for $1200. A chapel was erected in 1907 for $1800. Until 1920 the mission was called Saint James Sunday School. In 1920 the new congregation was born and formed a parish with Concordia Lutheran Church of Chestnut Hill.