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We offer daily services and a creative programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
We are delighted to announce that from 6 Jan until early Apr 2025, work will take place to reinstate the church’s South Door onto Jermyn Street, part of Sir Christopher Wren’s original design.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
New walkways, a restored courtyard and re-landscaped gardens will provide fully accessible, beautiful spaces for everyone to enjoy as well as improving our environmental performance.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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We are so glad that our regular congregation at St James’s is as diverse as humanity itself: we are straight, gay, non-binary, partnered, single, trans, queer, and for decades this church has been clear that whatever your identity, you have a place here and are warmly welcome.
Our approach is based in the Scriptures where we read that ‘God is love and those who live in love live in God and God lives in them’. This includes you.
If you have taken part in a Civil Partnership ceremony and would like to celebrate that commitment in church, we will be glad to welcome you. In the Church of England it is not yet possible to hold marriage ceremonies for same-sex couples. At St James’s we are proud to offer prayers and blessings for people in LGBTQ+ relationships, and we celebrate the joy of love in all its forms.
The relationship between organised religion and the expression of human sexuality is complex, and we recognise the courage that it takes sometimes for people who identify as LGBTQ+ to even get in touch with a church. But we are clear that the Christian faith is founded on love, indiscriminate and eternal.
If you would like to come to church to celebrate a commitment that you have made to your partner, or an anniversary, please get in touch with us to talk through all that is possible. And all LGBTQ+people and our allies are welcome to join our LGBTQ+ Group, or attend our annual Pride Sunday service and garden party.
Contact David our Parish Administrator by email
