What We Believe & Affiliations
The Riverside Church in the City of New York seeks to be a community of faith. Our members are united in the worship of God known in Jesus, the Christ, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Sunday Morning Worship
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday
January 19, 2025
11:00 AM ET
Preacher: Rev. Mark A. Thompson
The Riverside Church is an interdenominational, interracial, international, open, welcoming, and affirming church and congregation.
Whoever you are: You are safe here. You are loved here. You are invited into full participation in our life together.
The Riverside Church in the City of New York seeks to be a community of faith. Our members are united in the worship of God known in Jesus, the Christ, through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The Riverside Church is located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, near Columbia University where Harlem meets the Upper West Side. Visitors are welcome and tours are available.
The Riverside Church is modeled after the 13th Century gothic cathedral in Chartres, France. Its gothic tower stands as a beacon to the world and continues to bring people with very different perspectives together.
Interested in serving on one of Riverside’s commissions or committees? Riverside’s Nominating Committee welcomes you to answer God’s call.
Our open and affirming interdenominational Christian church offers extensive experience uniting interfaith, heterosexual, and same-sex couples.
Riverside offers a wide variety of event, meeting, classroom, and reception space to groups large and small.
The Riverside Church provides a diverse, challenging, rewarding, and community-focused work environment.