First Friends Church
First Friends Church is a Quaker church at 615 East 6th Avenue in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 61 churches in Emporia.
615 East 6th Avenue, Emporia, KS, 66801Website: https://www.facebook.com/EmporiaFriendsChurch/
First Friends Church is part of the Friends (Quaker) family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Friends Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 34.0% (25.0–43.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.9% (13.5–28.3%)
- Obesity: 41.2%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
- Depression: 25.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Emporia city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 551 residents.
Churches near First Friends Church
- Hope Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Embrace Church Emporia — 0.2 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint James Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Emporia Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Church of Christ Science — 0.5 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away