Historical Profile: Hope CRC

Grandville, Michigan

Hope CRC was organized in 1915. A large portion of the congregation followed Rev. George M. Ophoff, creating Hope Protestant Reformed Church in 1925.

Other Christian Reformed churches in Grandville are South Grandville (1954), Hanley (1962), Ivanrest (1964), and Fellowship (1975).

Locations

4551 Hall St. SW/4790 River Bend Dr. SW, Walker, 1917-37

Caldwell Building, Chicago Drive and Franklin SW, 1937-39

3110 Barrett Ave. SW, Grandville, MI 49418 (built 1940)

Pastors

George M. Ophoff, 1917-24, deposed
H. D. Vande Kieft, 1927-34
R. L. Veenstra, 1939-41
W. C. Steenland, 1942-45
J. O. Bouwsma, 1946-52
G. Goris, 1953-63
J. F. De Vries, 1964-69
Sebastian T. Cammenga, 1971-83
A. J. Bultman, 1984-92
Curtis A. Walters, 1991-present

Membership

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. Note exodus at creation of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in 1925.

Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.

Red line shows five year growth rate. A five year growth rate between 10% and -10% is considered stable; greater than 10% indicates a growing congregation; one below -10% indicates a church in decline. This makes no allowance for daughter churches.

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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