Durham Friends Meeting

Durham Friends Meeting is a Friends (quaker) church at 404 Alexander Ave in Durham, NC 27705-4706. It is one of 361 churches in Durham.

We strive to be a welcoming and affirming faith community. We believe that there is that of God in every person, and that diversity enriches our community. We are committed to pursuing peace, justice, and equality, and to treating everyone with love and respect.

404 Alexander Ave, Durham, NC, 27705-4706

Service times

  • Monday 1:30pm–3:30pm

Website: https://www.durhamfriendsmeeting.com/

Durham Friends Meeting is part of the Friends (Quaker) family of churches in The American Church Story. 40 congregations of the Friends (Quaker) family gather across North Carolina — 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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Upcoming events at Durham Friends Meeting

  • Fri, Nov 6 · 8 AM: DES Head Teacher Retreat — New Meetinghouse, Entire Ground Floor
  • Fri, Nov 6 · 9 AM: Experiment with Light — New Meetinghouse, Worship Room
  • Fri, Nov 6 · 12 PM: DES — New Meetinghouse, Fellowship Room
  • Fri, Nov 6 · 5:30 PM: Triangle Shape Note Singers — New Meetinghouse, Dogwood Room and Lower Level Kitchenette
  • Fri, Nov 6 · 5:30 PM: Yesenia cleans — NMH and HMH

From Durham Friends Meeting's public calendar (https://www.durhamfriendsmeeting.com/). Times are the church's local time.

The community around Durham Friends Meeting

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 29.7%
  • Social Isolation: 38.7%
  • Depression: 27.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.4% (16.5–36.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
  • Obesity: 38.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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