Historical Profile: Eighth Reformed Church

Wyoming, Michigan

Eight Reformed was organized in 1891 as a daughter church of Fifth.

Names

Grand Rapids, South Channel

Eighth Reformed

Location

851 Burton Street SW near Clyde Park

Pastors

Roelof Duiker, 1892-96
Peter Ihrman, 1896-99
Harke Frieling, 1899-1903
John Sietsema, 1904-11
Meinhard D. Vander Meer, 1912-17
Gerritt Menning, 1918-26
John A. Klaaren, 1926-30
William Goulooze, 1931-39
Leonard Greenway, 1939-43, transfered to CRC 1944
Nickolas Rozeboom, 1944-49
Theodore J. Jansma, 1949-57
Frederic C. Dolfin, 1959-65
Wilbur R. Ringnalda, 1965-75
Howard E. Davis, 1977-
Randal J. Wieland, education, 1979-84
Kenneth L. Westrate, 1992-present

Membership

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.

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.

For more membership data, click here.

Go to Wyoming geographic index or RCA chronological index.

Any comments? Please email .