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Bethel Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Bethel Reformed was organized in 1906 as a daughter church of Fourth. It was the fourth English-language RCA congregation in Grand Rapids.

Pastors

Peter C. De Young, 1907-10
Peter C. De Jong, 1908-10 - same as #1?
Gerrit Kooiker, 1911-16
Arend J. Te Paske, 1917-20
Emiel O. Schwitters, 1921
John C. Van Wyk, 1923-31
Bernard J. Mulder, 1932-36
Adrian J. Newhouse, 1956-60
Norwood K. Reck, 1961-72
John M. Haines, 1972-78
David R. Brower, evangelism, 1976-81
Frederic C. Dolfin, 1980-85
Jay Sowers, 1986-present

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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