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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 Dr. 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

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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