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Second Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

1849-1918

Second Reformed was organized in 1849 by Dutch immigrants. Second merged with First to form Central Reformed in 1918.

Locations

Shared facilities with First Reformed, 1849-70
154 Bostwick Ave. NE near Lyon, 1870-1918 - seating for 1,000, building burned in 1895, new sanctuary built on site

Pastors

H. G. Klyn, 1854-57, withdrew with many members to form First CRC
W. A. Houbolt, 1859-60
Cornelius Vander Meulen, 1860-73
N. H. Dosker, 1873-83
Egbert Winter, 1883-95
D. J. De Bey, 1896-1900
M. Kolyn, 1901-10
Henry Hospers, 1910-18

Third, 1874
Fourth, 1875
Fifth, 1886
Ninth, 1892

Membership

Due to incomplete reporting, nonprofessing and total membership figures 1860-78, 1885-86, 1901-02, and 1909 are estimated.

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. Note: 1st and 2nd Reformed charts cover 1860-1980, not 1880-2000 as in other charts.

Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership (inactive members exluded).

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: Acts of Synod of the Reformed Church in America. 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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