First Friends Church

First Friends Church is a Quaker church at 615 East 6th Avenue in Emporia, KS 66801. It is one of 63 churches in Emporia.

615 East 6th Avenue, Emporia, KS, 66801

Website: https://www.facebook.com/EmporiaFriendsChurch/

First Friends Church is part of the Friends (Quaker) family of churches in The American Church Story. 13 congregations of the Friends (Quaker) family gather across Kansas — 535 across the United States on The Church Map.

Friends were ahead of the whole church on abolition, on prison reform, and on the ministry of women, and they were ahead at real cost. Their practice of waiting on God together in silence is what the rest of the body borrows when words have run out.

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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.

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