Beverly CRC, Wyoming, MI

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Historical Profile: Beverly CRC

Wyoming, Michigan

Beverly CRC was organized in 1953 and disbanded on March 26, 1995. After council voted unanimously to leave the CRC, the majority of the congregation left the denomination in 1992 as Beverly Christian Reformed Church (Independent), now Beverly United Reformed Church.

Locations

1854 Porter SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (1953-57, later Southwest PRC)
2019 Porter SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (built 1957, now Beverly United Reformed Church)
Calvin Christian Junior High School, 2500 Newport St. SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (1992-95)

Pastors

R. Wezeman, 1954-61
E. J. Knott, 1961-71
J. W. Uitvlugt, 1971-81
H. Schuringa, 1982-85
A. Besteman, 1986-92, seceded with majority of congregation.

Membership chart

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. Note the secession which created Beverly Independent Christian Reformed Church in 1992.

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.

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