Hispana Emanuel, Wyoming, MI

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Historical Profile: Hispana Emanuel

Wyoming, Michigan

Hispana Emanuel began as a Spanish mission and organized in 1981.

Names

Spanish Mission, begun 1962
Spanish Christian Reformed Church, 1981-96
Hispana Emanuel, 1996-present

Locations

460 Franklin St. SW Grand Rapids, MI 49509 (1962-69)
Calvin Seminary Chapel, 3233 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (1969-72)
Beverly CRC, 2019 Porter SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (1972-74)
2445 Byron Center Ave. SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (1974-present))

Pastors

Juan Boonstra, 1962-65
C. M. Cortina, 1972-73
Domingo G. Romero, 1973-95
Carlos G. Tapanes, 1994-present

Membership chart

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.

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