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Historical Profile: Neland Avenue CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Neland Ave. CRC was sponsored by Oakdale Park and Sherman Street. It was organized in 1915.

As with many churches near the old Calvin College campus, membership declined during the 1966-73 period as the college slowly relocated. (The membership drop in 1962 can be attributed to the organization of Grace CRC. Until organization, its membership was recorded at Neland Avenue.)

Location

940 Neland Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507 (built 1916)

Pastors

H. Henry Meeter, 1917-26
D. H. Kromminga, 1926-28
Henry J. Kuiper, 1929-44
Ralph J. Danhof, 1945-57
John O. Schuring, 1957-63
Seymour Van Dyken, 1964-70
Tymen E. Hofman, 1972-81
Richard J. Hamstra, 1983-86
Carl J. Kammeraad, 1982-??
Duane K. Kelderman, 1988-??
Leonard Kuyvenhoven, 2002-present

Calvin, 1946, cosponsored with Sherman Sreet and Fuller Avenue
Grace, 1962

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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