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Woodlawn CRC

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Woodlawn CRC was organized in 1968 as the local churches and classis saw a great opportunity to minister to the Calvin College student body on the new Knollcrest campus. The Woodlawn congregation has always worshipped here.

Being in a growing area of the city and having a natural consituency in the college community, the church saw over 20 years of growth. This was short-circuited in 1989 when they moved from the spacious Fine Arts Center to the newly constructed college chapel. Although the chapel has sufficient seating capacity, most of the parking is 100 yards or further from the building.

Locations

Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (1968-89)
Calvin College Chapel, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 (since 1989)

Pastors

William K. Stob, 1968-70
Dick M. Stravers, 1971-80
Dr. John Timmer, 1980-95
Peter M. Jonker, 1993-present
Michael Abma, 1998-present

Membership

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. Note the significant decline in membership since moving from the Fine Arts Center (seats 1,500 with lots of convenient parking) to the Calvin College Chapel (seats 700-800, but with very little convenient parking).

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 Calvin College location.

Send email to Rev. Jonker or visit the Woodlawn home page.

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