First Friends Church

First Friends Church is a Friends (Quaker) church at 1028 Jennings Ave in Salem, OH 44460. It is one of 32 churches in Salem.

Our Mission Statement can be expressed with three simple words: Gather, Grow, Go.

First Friends Church has a long history in the Salem area which began during the summer of 1804 with the first public worship meeting, held in the cabin of Samuel Davis.

1028 Jennings Ave, Salem, OH, 44460

Service times

  • Sunday 10:30am

Phone: (330) 332-0001 · Website: http://www.salemfirstfriends.org/

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The community around First Friends Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.

  • Obesity: 41.7%
  • Social Isolation: 33.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.1%
  • Depression: 25.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.1% (10.0–28.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 16.5%
  • Unemployment: 6.3% (1.9–10.7%)

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

Salem city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 412 residents.

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