The River Church
The River Church is a church at 703 Newport Street, Detroit in Detroit, MI 48215. It is one of 1,585 churches in Detroit.
703 Newport Street, Detroit, Detroit, MI, 48215Find The River Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around The River Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. 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 two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Food Insecurity: 37.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
- Poverty Rate: 31.9% (19.9–44.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 28.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.0%
- Diabetes: 20.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
- Unemployment: 6.5% (1.9–11.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near The River Church
- Jordan Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Jordan Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Hope Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hope Community Church-Detroit — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Church — 0.3 mi away
- Original Primitive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spirit-Excellence Church-God In — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Ambrose Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away in Grosse Pointe Park, MI
- Dominion Covenant Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- New Love Temple — 0.6 mi away