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Historical Profile: Madison Square Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Madison Square Church began as an outreach of Oakdale Park and Fuller Ave. churches in 1914 and organized in 1970.

Names

Madison Square Mission, 1914-41
Madison Square Gospel Center, 1940-41
Madison Square Gospel Chapel, 1941-42
Madison Square CRC, 1942-2002
Madison Square Church

Locations

340 Hall Street SE, 1914-15
1209 Madison Avenue SE, 1919-21
1164 Madison Avenue SE, 1929-40
1163 Madison Avenue SE, 1941-42
1230 Madison Avenue SE, 1945-51
1164 Lafayette Avenue SE, 1951-80
1441 Madison Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (built 1955 as Immanuel Presbyterian, new sanctuary added 1992)

Pastors

Elizabeth Smitter, 1920
Henry Koets, 1941-42
Rev. Jennie Koets, 1941-42
Walter G. Dubois, 1948-62
Vernon F. Geurking, 1968-74
V. C. Patterson, 1974-77
D. J. Sieplinga, 1977-82
Dante A. Venegas, 1981-96
David H. Beelen, 1982-present
Gregory L. Cumberland, 1993-95
Rev. Samuel B. Reeves, Jr., 1987-2004

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.

For more membership data, click here. View map showing 340 Hall Street, 1209 Madison Avenue, 1164 Madison Avenue, 1163 Madison Avenue, 1230 Madison Avenue, 1164 Lafayette Avenue, or 1441 Madison Avenue location, or page showing all maps.

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