History[]
Twelfth Street Christian Reformed was sponsored by West Leonard and Alpine Avenue CRCs. It organized in 1917 and merged with West Leonard in 1994.
Historical Details[]
Location[]
- 950 Twelfth Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (built 1922)
Pastors[]
- William M. Trap, 1918-20
- Q. Breen, 1921-24
- J. M. Ghysels, 1925-28
- Jan K. Van Baalen, 1929-43
- A. A. Hoekema, 1944-50
- E. J. Masselink, 1950-55
- J. P. Boonstra, 1957-63
- G. F. Van Oyen, 1964-70
- John W. Dykstra, 1972-85
- Henry G. Entingh, 1987-94
Membership Overview[]
Membership data, Twelfth Street CRC, Grand Rapids, MI
Membership Data[]
Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members.
Youth ratio, Twelfth Avenue CRC, Grand Rapids, MI
Youth Ratio[]
Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.
Five year growth rate, Twelfth Avenue CRC, Grand Rapids, MI
Five Year Growth Rate[]
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.
Data 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.