Peoples Church

Peoples Church is a Pentecostal church at 4500 Lancaster Drive Northeast in Salem, OR 97305. It is one of 163 churches in Salem, and one of 3 Pentecostal congregations in the city.

Since 1953, Peoples Church has been more than just a building – we're a movement of hope in Salem. What started as a small gathering has grown into a vibrant, multi-generational community where people from all walks of life encounter Jesus and find their place to belong.

Services in Spanish · Wheelchair accessible

4500 Lancaster Drive Northeast, Salem, OR, 97305

Service times

  • Sunday 8:30am · Mornings

Phone: (503) 304-4000 · Website: http://www.peopleschurch.com/

Peoples Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 236 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Oregon — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.

Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.

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Watch

Latest from Peoples Church's YouTube channel: Acts — When Christians Clash — Pastor Tom Murray (all videos).

The community around Peoples Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Obesity: 45.5%
  • Depression: 27.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.2% (9.7–22.7%)
  • Diabetes: 13.6%
  • Unemployment: 6.2% (1.6–10.8%)

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

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