The Friendship Center exists to live by Faith, to be known by Love and to a be a voice of Hope.
The Center has been in existence since 1982 and has been a fixture in the MLK neighborhood of Des Moines, for more than 20 years. The Friendship Center begun through the ministry of the Baptist Convention of Iowa, the center now exists as a nonprofit organization. The Center is sustained financially through the support of church partnerships as well as a multitude of individual donors and business partners.