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Historical Profile: Arcadia CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

1947-1986

Arcadia CRC began as a mission sponsored by Dutton and Millbrook CRCs (1947-58). It organized in 1958. Arcadia merged with Plainfield to form Arcadia-Plainfield CRC in 1986, reorganizing as Blythefield (Rockford, MI) in 1989.

Locations

1414 Four Mile Road NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 (1947-62)
3601 Plainfield Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 (built 1962)

Pastors

Henry Buikema, evangelist, 1947-58
Paul F. Holtrop, 1959-62
M. G. Zylstra, 1963-70
C. L. Bremer, 1972-78
Jay J. De Vries, 1978-85

Membership

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

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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