Friendship Baptist Church

Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Akron, OH 44310. It is one of 416 churches in Akron, and one of 53 Baptist congregations in the city.

Akron, OH, 44310

Friendship Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Friendship Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Food Insecurity: 33.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.5% (20.4–42.6%)
  • Diabetes: 19.1%
  • Unemployment: 12.2% (5.7–18.8%)
  • Obesity: 42.3%
  • Social Isolation: 38.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (9.4–27.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
  • Depression: 26.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.

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