First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh sits on South Salisbury Street downtown, with deep roots in the city and a door it describes as open. The congregation holds to a faith that is thoughtful and unshowy, worked out in what people actually do.

Service runs outward from downtown, which the church sums up as serving Christ from the city to the ends of the earth. Alongside worship it runs a Childhood Development Center, so the building is in use through the week as well as on Sundays.

What to know

• The Friendship Fund has helped Wake County neighbors since 1959.
• That fund covers things like a car repair or a bill that cannot wait.
• A podcast called Enough for Today offers short devotional material.
• Other devotional resources are published for people to use at home.