Buckley Street Chapel, Grand Rapids, MI
History[]
Grace Christian Reformed Church began in 1949 as the Buckley Street Chapel, supported by First CRC and Neland Avenue CRC. It was organized in 1962.
Historical Details[]
Names[]
- Buckley Street Chapel, 1949-62
- Grace, 1962-present
Location[]
- 100 Buckley Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (built 1949, addition 1978)
Pastors[]
- Albert Veen, evangelist, 1949-62
- Martin Toonstra, 1962-65
- Peter Huiner, 1966-69
- Paul W. Brink, 1968-75
- Roger E. Van Harn, 1976-present
- D. C. Shereow, 1982-83
- J. Nash, 1984-85
- V. Anderson, 1987-90
- Roger E. Van Harn, 1976-present
Membership Overview[]
Membership data, Grace 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, Grace CRC, Grand Rapids, MI
Youth Ratio[]
Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.
Five year growth rate, Grace 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.