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Historical Profile: Fairview Reformed Church

Grand Rapids, Michigan

1918-1994

Fairview Reformed was organized in 1918 and merged with Bethany to form Orchard Hill in 1994.

Locations

2391 Hillside Drive NW, 1918-79
1465 Three Mile Road NW, 1979-94 (now Orchard Hill Reformed)

Pastors

P. G. Meengs, missionary, 1918
Edward Huibregste, 1920-23
Peter Grooters, 1924-25
Ira J. Hesselink, 1926-36
Marion E. Klaaren, 1937-45
Daniel H. Fylstra, 1946-52
Bert Van Malsen, 1953-56
Spencer C. De Robrahn, 1976-89
James P. Rozeboom, education, 1977-81
Keith Derrick, associate, 1982-94
Richard Bates, 1990-94, to Orchard Hill

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.

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.

For more membership data, click here. View a map showing Hillside Drive and Three Mile Road locations.

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