River Presbyterian Church

River Presbyterian Church is a church at 1053 Leonard Street Northwest, Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids, MI 49504. It is one of 416 churches in Grand Rapids.

In 2025, River Presbyterian Church was started in Northwest Grand Rapids to establish a community of people who are inviting others to experience the full, free, and endless life that is in found in Jesus and received through faith in him alone.

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1053 Leonard Street Northwest, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI, 49504

River Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around River Presbyterian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.

  • Social Isolation: 35.5%
  • Depression: 30.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.0% (11.6–32.5%)
  • Obesity: 38.7%
  • Child Poverty: 27.3% (9.8–44.9%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.3%

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

Grand Rapids city is served by 313 churches — about one congregation for every 628 residents.

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