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Westview CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Westview CRC was organized as the second English-language CRC in the area in 1893. It was strategically located midway between the Alpine Ave and Coldbrook churches on Broadway Ave at W Leonard. With the US-131 built in the church's back yard, the congregation decided to move from their original location (just west of the Grand River) in 1962.

The church moved 3 miles down Leonard, and the original Broadway CRC building continues in use to this day.

• Westview church website
• The History of Westview Church, church website

Names

1. Broadway Avenue, 1894-1962
2. Westview, 1962-present

Locations

1. Scribner Avenue Baptist Church, 1236 Scribner NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (1893-94)
2. 1142 Broadway Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (1894-1962). Originally sat 350, and enlarged in 1904, 1914, and 1940.
3. 2929 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (built 1962). A substantial addition was added in 1992.

Interactive Google map showing church locations.

Pastors

1. G. D. De Mott, 1895-99
2. M. J. Bosma, 1900-07
3. J. W. Brink, 1909-12
4. E. Tanis, 1912-19
5. Henry J. Kuiper, 1919-29
6. John De Haan Jr., 1929-45
7. T. Van Eerden, 1946-51
8. G. J. Rozenboom, 1953-62
9. P. L. Vermaire, 1963-73
10. W. F. Vander Hoven, 1974-82
11. Charles S. Steenstra, 19983-95
12. Roger B. Groenboom, 1994-present
13. Ronald G. Baker, 1997-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 Scribner Avenue, Broadway Avenue, and Leonard Street locations, or page showing all three maps.

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