Mel Trotter Ministries (Rescue Mission)
Mel Trotter Ministries (Rescue Mission) is a church at 225 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 in Grand Rapids, MI 49503. It is one of 428 churches in Grand Rapids.
225 Commerce Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503Phone: (616) 774-0890 · Website: https://www.meltrotter.org/
Ministries at Mel Trotter Ministries (Rescue Mission)
- Shelter Services
- Prevention and Diversion
- Jobs and Housing
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The community around Mel Trotter Ministries (Rescue Mission)
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Poverty Rate: 36.5%
- Food Insecurity: 25.7%
- Social Isolation: 35.6%
- Depression: 30.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
- Obesity: 39.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
- Child Poverty: 22.2% (11.1–40.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
- Unemployment: 7.8% (2.8–12.7%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Mel Trotter Ministries (Rescue Mission)
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral of Saint Andrew — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral of St. Andrew — 0.1 mi away
- City Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Central Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity Mission Church — 0.2 mi away
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids — 0.2 mi away
- Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
- United Campus Christian Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- Grand Rapids — 0.3 mi away