The River Church

Service times

• Sunday 1:30pm

Ministries at The River Church

• Nursery & Preschool
• Children's Ministry
• Youth Ministry

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Latest from The River Church's YouTube channel: Faith Unlocked #2: Agreement | Marcus De La Cruz | August 2, 2026 | Sunday 1:30PM | Porterville, CA (all videos).

The community around The River 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. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.2%
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
• Poverty Rate: 22.5% (14.9–30.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 10.2% (4.0–16.5%)
• Obesity: 37.9%
• Depression: 23.4%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (6.9–16.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near The River Church

• First United Methodist Church — 0 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Unitarian Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia Del Nazareno — 0.2 mi away
• Calvary Chapel of Porterville — 0.3 mi away
• Miracle Cathedral — 0.3 mi away
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Emanuel Evangelical Church — 0.4 mi away
• Porterville Believers Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.4 mi away