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Third Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Locations

1009 Hermitage SE at Diamond, 1876-1968
2060 Michigan NE, 1969-present

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Pastors

Adrian Kriekard, 1876-1902
Albert W. De Jonge, 1903-05
Ablert Vanden Berg, 1906-18
Nicholas Boer, 1918-39
Harry A. Van't Kerkhoff, 1940-44
George C. Douma, 1944-46
Henry Zylstra, 1947-50
Anthony G. Van Zante, 1950-54
Jay R. Weener, 1955-60
H. A. Dykstra, 1960-66
Peter M. Paulsen, assistant, 1967-70
Stuart J. Blauw, 1968-74
Owen T. Bechtel, 1974-78
Richard Bates, 1979-83
Lawrence J. Doorn, 1984-90
Kent A. Fry, 1991-present

Sixth (later Oakdale Park), 1889-1974, merged with Everglade to form New Life
Bethany, 1893-1995?, merged with Fairview to form Orchard Hill
Immanuel, 1907, cosponsored with Bethany
Calvary, 1915, cosponsored with Bethany

Membership

Heavy lines: green (lower) shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members. Thin lines: magenta (middle), non-professing members; orange (lower), inactive members; black (top), average worship attendance.

Red line (middle) shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership (inactive members exluded); green (lower), inactive members as percentage of total membership; and blue (higher) average worship attendance 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: Acts of Synod of the Reformed Church in America. 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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