East Church, United Church of Christ
East Church, United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 1005 Giddings Avenue Southeast in Grand Rapids, MI 49506. It is one of 421 churches in Grand Rapids, and one of 4 United Church Of Christ congregations in the city.
We at East, believe in the triune God, the Resurrected Christ, and the Holy Spirit. We believe as Christians that we should continually seek after God – creating an authentic relationship with God, engendering love, strengthening our faith, dissolving our guilt, and giving our life purpose and direction. We welcome all to join us on this journey, and be a part of our growing faith family.
Accessible parking
1005 Giddings Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI, 49506Service times
Tuesday of the month from 10:00AM (as listed)
Phone: (616) 633-7886 · Website: https://eastchurchgr.org/
East Church, United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 101 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Michigan — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at East Church, United Church of Christ
- Food pantry
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The community around East Church, United Church of Christ
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. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 33.3%
- Unemployment: 10.2% (2.1–18.4%)
- Depression: 26.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Grand Rapids city is served by 313 churches — about one congregation for every 628 residents.
Churches near East Church, United Church of Christ
- Fuller Ave Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Neland Avenue Church — 0.4 mi away
- Neland Ave Christian Reformed Church — 0.4 mi away
- Excel Church — 0.4 mi away
- King Park Church — 0.4 mi away
- Calvin Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostes del Movimiento Misionero Mundial, Inc. — 0.5 mi away
- St. Stephen Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away in East Grand Rapids, MI
- St. Stephens Parking — 0.5 mi away in East Grand Rapids, MI
- Eastown Ministries — 0.5 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- City Chapel — 2 mi away
- Park Congregational Church — 2.1 mi away
- Iglesia Rios de Agua Viva — 3.5 mi away in Wyoming, MI
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