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Historical Profile: Sherman Street CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Sherman Street CRC was organized in 1907 as an English-language daughter church of Eastern Avenue.

The membership drop in 1946 was connected to the organization of Calvin CRC, which Sherman Street cosponsored. As with many churches near the old Calvin College campus, membership declined during the 1966-73 period as the college slowly relocated.

Location

1000 Sherman Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (built 1908)

Pastors

John L. Van Tielen, 1908-11
J. J. Weersing, 1912-16
R. B. Kuiper, 1917-23
H. Schultze, 1924-26
M. Van Dyke, 1927-31
W. Van Peursem, 1932-40
G. Goris, 1941-44
L. Veltkamp, 1946-49
F. W. Van Houten, 1950-53
John A. Mulder, 1956-67
M. Toonstra, 1961-62
I. J. Apol, 1967-71
W. L. De Jong, 1972-79
Harold E. Botts, 1980-87
Mark D. Vermaire, 1984-present

Neland Avenue, 1915, cosponsored with Oakdale Park
Sixth Street, 1940-50
Calvin, 1946, cosponsored with Neland Ave. and Fuller Ave.
Unity Chapel, 1961-63
Ionia, 1963-84, cosponsored with Neland Ave.

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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