History[]
Riverside Christian Reformed Church was organized in 1953 as a daughter of Creston CRC.
Visit the Riverside CRC website.
Historical Details[]
Locations[]
- Fairmount School, 2042 Oakwood Ave. NE, 1953-54
- Riverside School, 2420 Coit NE, 1954-55
- 602 Comstock Blvd. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 (built 1957, addition 1976)
Pastors[]
- Winston C. Boelkins, 1955-60
- J. Maliepaard, 1961-67
- Leonard Greenway, 1969-77
- Harlan G. Vanden Einde Jr., 1979-87
- Matthew A. Palsrok, 1989-present
Membership Overview[]
Membership data, Riverside 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, Riverside CRC, GRand Rapids, MI
Youth Ratio[]
Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage of total membership.
Five year growth rate, Riverside 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.