First Congregational Church UCC
First Congregational Church UCC is a United Church Of Christ church at 700 Marion St NE in Salem, OR 97301-3829. It is one of 163 churches in Salem, and one of 2 United Church Of Christ congregations in the city.
We seek to follow his example by standing with the marginalized, advocating for justice, and creating a world where all people are treated with dignity and respect.
At First Congregational United Church of Christ in Salem, Oregon, we are a community grounded in love, justice, and radical inclusion.
Wheelchair accessible
700 Marion St NE, Salem, OR, 97301-3829Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (503) 363-3660 · Website: http://www.uccsalem.org/
First Congregational Church UCC is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 23 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Oregon — 2,928 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at First Congregational Church UCC
- Advocacy and Service
- Youth Engagement
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The community around First Congregational Church UCC
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Depression: 30.5%
- Poverty Rate: 24.9% (16.6–33.2%)
- Obesity: 38.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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