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Historical Profile: Hillcrest Community Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hillcrest Community began in 1942 as the Way of Life Chapel under the sponsorship of Kelloggsville and First Hudsonville. It has not yet organized as a congregation.

Names

Way of Life Chapel, 1942-46
Hillcrest Chapel, 1946-49
Hillcrest Community, 1949-present

Locations

315 Grant Street SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (1942-46)
907 Dorchester Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI (1946-49)
850 Norwich Avenue SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (built 1949, addition 1971)

Pastors

P. Doot, evangelist, 1942-46
Miner Tanis, evangelist, 1942-55
R. Holwerda, evangelist, 1956-63
H. Bergsma, evangelist, 1960-61
H. Vander Bilt, evangelist, 1961-63
R. Fisher, evangelist, 1963-64
N. Baylor, evangelist, 1964-66
G. Vander Lugt, evangelist, 1966-75
Louis K. Toering, evangelist, 1976-96
Mark Van Ess, 1996-present

Membership

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

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.

For more membership data, click here. View map showing Grant Street, Dorchester Avenue, or Norwich Avenue location, or page showing all three maps.

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