Historical Profile: Ivanrest CRC

Grandville, Michigan

Ivanrest CRC began as the Ivanrest Gospel Chapel in 1926 under the sponsorship of Grandville Ave. and organized in 1964. It became the fourth organized Christian Reformed church in Grandville.

Names

Ivanrest Gospel Chapel, 1926-64

Ivanrest, 1964-present

Location

3777 Ivanrest Ave. SW, Grandville, MI 49418 (built 1966)

Pastors

George Oppenhuizen, evangelist, 1943-48
Willis Timmer, evangelist, 1952-61
L. Calvin Bergsma, 1964-72
G. Gritter, 1973-76
C. Steenstra, 1977-83
G. L. Rutgers, 1981-83
George G. Vink, 1986-93
D. L. Van Der Wiele, 1987-92
Arthur J. Schoonveld, 1994-present

Membership

Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members.

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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