Debre Selam Medhanie Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
Debre Selam Medhanie Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is a Catholic church at 1780 Knapp Street Northeast in Grand Rapids, MI 49505. It is one of 375 churches in Grand Rapids, and one of 19 Catholic congregations in the city.
Medhanie Alem Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan is a part of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Diocese of North America.
Part of Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Diocese
1780 Knapp Street Northeast, Grand Rapids, MI, 49505Service times
Saturdays at 4:00pmSunday Services: begin at 5:00am (as listed)
Website: https://www.medhaniealemgr.org/
Debre Selam Medhanie Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 746 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Michigan — 18,933 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
Ministries at Debre Selam Medhanie Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
- Youth Group Program/Education
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The community around Debre Selam Medhanie Alem Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 nearly a quarter 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: 32.2%
- Depression: 27.8%
- Obesity: 36.3%
- Child Poverty: 23.5% (9.2–38.3%)
- Poverty Rate: 19.7% (12.2–27.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 15.7%
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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- New Community Church — 0.9 mi away
- Fresh Manna Church Of God — 0.9 mi away
- Oakhill Evangelical Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- New Life Tabernacle Cogic — 1 mi away
- Grace Evangelical Church in Grand Rapids — 1 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Aberdeen Reformed Church — 1.1 mi away
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