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Fifth Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Locations

535 Church Place near Pleasant SW, 1886-1957 (later Pleasant Hill Reformed)
2012 Griggs SE, 1957-present

Pastors

Rense Henry Joldersma, 1886-89
Ale Buursma, 1889-1901
Benjamin Hoffman, 1902-12
Siebe C. Nettinga, 1912-18
Abraham De Young, 1918-28
Abraham Rynbrandt, 1928-36
Louis H. Benes, 1936-44
Charles B. Wissink, 1945-53
Chester J. Droog, 1953-65
Raymond H. Rewarts, 1965-78
Edward D. Seely, education, 1967-78
Charles B. Wissink, visitation, 1973
Theodore A. Lindman, assistant, 1976-78
Luther E. Ratmeyer, 1979-82
Jay R. Weener, 1984-89
Dick A. Doeden, associate, 1985-
Jack D. Cooper, associate, 1988-
David M. Bast, senior, 1989-

Eighth, 1891
Grace, 1897

Membership

Note increase in membership following relocation in 1957.

Heavy lines: green (lower) shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members. Thin lines: magenta (middle), non-professing members; orange (lower), inactive members; black (top), average worship attendance.

Red line (middle) shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership (inactive members exluded); green (lower), inactive members as percentage of total membership; and blue (higher) average worship attendance 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: 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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