Reading Friends Meetinghouse

Reading Friends Meetinghouse is a church at 108 North 6th Street in Reading, PA 19601. It is one of 137 churches in Reading.

108 North 6th Street, Reading, PA, 19601

Phone: +1 610-372-5345 · Website: https://readingfriendsmeeting.org

Reading Friends Meetinghouse is part of the Friends (Quaker) family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Reading Friends Meetinghouse

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,400 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.

  • Child Poverty: 52.2% (33.0–71.4%)
  • Obesity: 47.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.9% (25.4–46.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.7%
  • Diabetes: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 13.1% (4.3–21.9%)
  • Depression: 23.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.

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