First Church in Salem

First Church in Salem is a Unitarian_universalist church at 316 Essex Street in Salem, MA 01970. It is one of 28 churches in Salem.

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316 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970

Phone: +1 978 744 1551 · Website: https://www.firstchurchinsalem.org/

First Church in Salem is part of the Unitarian Universalist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at First Church in Salem

  • Children and Youth Programming

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The community around First Church in Salem

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 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Social Isolation: 31.7%
  • Depression: 23.9%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Salem city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 4,041 residents.

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