First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids
First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids is a Reformed church at 650 Bates St SE in Grand Rapids, MI 49503. It is one of 420 churches in Grand Rapids, and one of 24 Reformed congregations in the city.
Listening to God, Responding with Love
Boldly loving God and others, we are a church pursuing the Gospel’s call for mercy, justice, beauty, and peace in the holy mess of life.
Accessible parking
650 Bates St SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (616) 452-4370 · Website: https://www.firstchurchgr.org/
First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids is part of the Reformed (Continental) family of churches in The American Church Story. 244 congregations of the Reformed (Continental) family gather across Michigan — 994 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Continental Reformed churches gave the church some of its most comforting teaching — the Heidelberg Catechism begins by asking what your only comfort in life and in death is, and answers that you are not your own — along with a vision of every ordinary square inch of life as belonging to God. Their schools and colleges have taught far beyond their own numbers.
Ministries at First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids
- Children's Ministry
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Latest from Bates Street Church, Previously First Church's YouTube channel: September 20, 2026 (all videos).
The community around First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Food Insecurity: 24.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
- Obesity: 40.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Poverty Rate: 20.9% (13.0–28.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (6.4–18.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Grand Rapids city is served by 313 churches — about one congregation for every 628 residents.
Churches near First Christian Reformed Church – Grand Rapids
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- Good Shepherd Church — 0.1 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Eastern Avenue Church Of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Grand Rapids La Paz Spanish SDA — 0.2 mi away
- Queens of Afrika of the African People of Love — 0.2 mi away
- St Philip's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Urban Family Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- True Light Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Reformed churches nearby
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- Central Reformed Church — 1 mi away