The River Church

The River Church is a church at 517 Walbridge St in Kalamazoo, MI 49007-3627. It is one of 157 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

Phone: +12693451150 · Website: https://theriver.info/

Ministries at The River Church

  • Outreach

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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.

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