Ideal Park CRC, Wyoming, MI

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Historical Profile: Ideal Park CRC

Wyoming, Michigan

Ideal Park CRC began in 1947 as the Lamar Plat Gospel Chapel under the sponsorship of First Cutlerville and First Byron Center. The congregation organized in 1961.

Names

Lamar Plat Gospel Chapel, 1947-51
Ideal Park Gospel Chapel, 1951-61
Ideal Park, 1961-present

Location

320 56th St. SW, Wyoming, MI 49548 (built 1963)

Pastors

Vincent C. Licatesi, 1960-62
Sidney A. Werkema, 1962-67
John M. Hofman, 1967-90
Zachary G. Anderson, 1990-93
Ralph R. Mueller, 1995-present

Membership chart

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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