Where is The River Church located?

The River Church is at 517 Walbridge St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007-3627.

What time are services at The River Church?

The River Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

The River Church

The River Church is a church at 517 Walbridge St in Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3627. It is one of 113 churches in Kalamazoo.

At The River we walk through life together striving to Belong, Believe, and Become.

The River is a church in the heart of downtown Kalamazoo with a passion to reach the least, the lost, and the lonely with the transformational gospel of Jesus.

517 Walbridge St, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007-3627

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (269) 345-1150 · Website: https://theriver.info/

Ministries at The River Church

Outreach
RiverKids
Nursery

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The community around The River Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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.

Child Poverty: 77.4%
Obesity: 49.0%
Poverty Rate: 41.2% (29.6–52.8%)
Food Insecurity: 34.9%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
Unemployment: 13.3% (5.6–21.0%)
Social Isolation: 39.2%
Depression: 29.8%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
Housing Insecurity: 24.9%
Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
Diabetes: 15.5%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near The River Church

Radiant City Center — 0.5 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
Messiah Sing Kalamazoo — 0.6 mi away
First Congregational Church — 0.6 mi away
Phoenix Community Church UCC — 0.7 mi away
North Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
Saint Mary Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
St Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
Progressive Deliverance Ministries Church — 0.8 mi away

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