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Calvin CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Calvin was never a small church, starting out with 65 families and 260 total members. As the membership chart below indicates, Calvin grew very rapidly, as did Boston Square CRC (begun just four years earlier). The congregation continued to meet in the college chapel until 1955, when it moved into its new building.

Locations

Calvin College, 1335 Franklin St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (1946-55)
700 Ethel Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (built 1955)

Pastors

Clarence Boomsma, 1948-83
W. J. Boer, 1970-73
J. P. Heerema, 1974-80
J. R. Boot, 1984-92
Harvey Kiekover, 1985-90
E. J. Laarman, 1986-92
Scott E. Hoezee, 1993-present
Robert Koornneef, 1997-present

Membership

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members.

Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.

Red line shows five year growth rate. A five year growth rate between 10% and -10% is considered stable; greater than 10% indicates a growing congregation; one below -10% indicates a church in decline. This makes no allowance for daughter churches.

Source: Yearbooks of the Christian Reformed Church. Dates are year prior to publication date since data is gathered at the end of one year and published in the next.