Historical Profile: Grace Reformed Church

Wyoming, Michigan

Grace Reformed was organized in 1897 as an English-language daughter of Fifth. It was the third English-language RCA congregation in Grand Rapids.

Locations

Reelman's Hall, 710 Grandville Ave. SW, 1897-98

Klondyke Church, 1898-99

892 Caulfield SW at B Street, 1899-1963

3330 Burlingame SW, 1964-present

Pastors

John Van de Erve, 1897-1901
Rense H. Joldersma, 1901-02
Peter P. Cheff, 1902-05
Peter Braak, 1905-08
Lawrence Dykstra, 1909-12
Cornelius H. Spaan, 1912-38
Theodore Schaap, 1938-45
Henry C. Van Deelen, 1946-48
Abraham Rynbrandt, 1949-53
James W. Schut, 1954-59
Rodger H. Dalman, 1969-65
Harry L. Brower, 1966-72
Mark D. De Witt, 1973-85
Louis H. Bennes III, 1986-96
Brian K. Taylor, associate, 1988-96
Rick Veenstra, interim, 1996-97
Rick Oppenhuizen, 1998-present

Membership

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members.

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. View maps showing Grandville Avenue, Klondyke Church, Caulfield Avenue, and Burlingame locations, or page showing all four maps.

Go to Wyoming geographic index or RCA chronological index.

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