Historical Overview[]
Rogers Heights CRC began as a chapel sponsored by Bethel CRC (1955-58) and was organized in 1958.
After 8 years of membership decline, 2 years of budget shortfalls, and with over $100,000 in debts, the church council decided it was time to close down. With congregational blessing, the last service was held on November 20, 2011.
Locations[]
- 1219 Buckingham St. SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (1958-65)
- 3025 Michael Ave. SW, Wyoming, MI 49509 (built 1965)
Pastors[]
- Floyd R. De Boer, 1959-65
- Jerome M. Julien, 1966-68
- H. A. Venema, 1968-70
- A. H. Jongsma, 1971-78
- Roger A. Kok, 1979-86
- David L. Smit, 1987-95
Mergers[]
- Franklin Street, 1966
- 36th Street, 1995
Membership chart[]
Green (lower) line shows membership in families; blue (middle), professing members; red (top), total members; and magenta (thin), non-professing members. Note influx of members due to merger with Franklin Street CRC in 1966 and 36th Street in 1995.
Red line shows nonprofessing members as a percentage 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: 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.