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Historical Profile: Fuller Avenue CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Fuller Avenue CRC was organized in 1925.

As with many churches near the old Calvin College campus, membership declined during the 1966-73 period as the college slowly relocated.

Location

1239 Fuller Avenue S.E, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (built 1927)

Pastors

E. F. J. Van Halsema, 1925-30
G. Goris, 1930-41
J. Weidenaar, 1942-49
George Gritter, 1950-62
W. F. Vander Hoven, 1962-71
G. L. Dahnke, 1971-74
V. C. Patterson, 1973-74
L. A. Koning, 1976-88
Archie Vander Hart, 1988-present

Calvin, 1946, cosponsored with Sherman Street and Neland Avenue
Madison Square, 1970, cosponsored with Oakdale Park.

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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Go to Grand Rapids geographic index or chronological index.

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