River of Life Church

This has been our church for several years. I cannot believe these two reviews were based solely on the condition of the sidewalk in the winter 4 – 5 years ago, a broken water pipe the City of Boston was responsible for and cleared up. What about a current review based on actually ATTENDING a 10 AM service on Sunday, from someone who actually went INSIDE the place? lol
I’m a transplant to Boston and I loved this church from the first time I attended several years ago. It’s an old building, not very fancy inside (although there are some beautiful stained glass windows) but it is mainly about the people. I have found a welcoming community and enjoyed the sermons. My husband used to only attend church on Easter and Christmas but he now attends regularly because of the pastor, Tom Griffith (great guy). Tom is currently holding a series of discussions welcoming all to come and respectfully discuss SEX. C’mon, how many pastors do that?! I am just happy we found a church my whole family likes. They have a wonderful Sunday school program for children and a nurturing nursery for infants.
I really hope this review gets posted, I see 14 others have not. Unilocal please be fair and show another side of this place beside a formerly slippery sidewalk. Many thanks :)

River of Life has been my home church for two years now and I love it. The senior pastor is fantastic and gives great sermons, and the community of people involved with the church is remarkably diverse. The church seems to have moved into much more of a community oriented theme over the past year, and some of the criticisms by other reviewers about the upkeep of the sidewalks I am pretty sure have been addressed (the pavement has just been repaired, for instance).
It has been many years since I’ve felt so «at home» at a church, but River of Life, a CMA and AB affiliated protestant church, has been a wonderful part of my life since started attending regularly and getting to know the community there.