History[]
East Leonard Christian Reformed Church was organized in 1925 in northeast Grand Rapids.
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Historical Details[]
Location[]
- 1027 Leonard St. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (built 1929)
Pastors[]
- B. H. Spalink, 1926-30
- M. Arnoys, 1930-39
- John G. Van Dyke, 1940-51
- B. E. Pekelder, 1951-55
- J. W. Visser, 1955-61
- J. Hofman Jr., 1962-65
- W. Haverkamp, 1966-73
- H. A. Ouwinga, 1974-81
- P. J.Kok, 1982-87
- Terry D. Slachter, 1989-93
- Douglas A. Warners, 1995-
Membership Overview[]
Membership Data[]
Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. East Leonard has reported exactly the same membership for the past three years.
Youth Ratio[]
Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.
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.