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Historical Profile: Riverside CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Riverside CRC was organized in 1953 as a daughter of Creston CRC.

Locations

Fairmount School, 2042 Oakwood Ave. NE, 1953-54
Riverside School, 2420 Coit NE, 1954-55
604 Comstock Blvd. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 (built 1957, addition 1976)

Pastors

Winston C. Boelkins, 1955-60
J. Maliepaard, 1961-67
Leonard Greenway, 1969-77
Harlan G. Vanden Einde Jr., 1979-87
Matthew A. Palsrok, 1989-present

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 Fairmount School, Riverside School, or current church location, or page showing all three maps.

Go to Grand Rapids geographic index or chronological index.

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