Vol 97 Issue 11

Trivia question Two daughter churches have been born of Faith PRC in Jenison, MI. Do you know which churches they are? See the church profile section for the answer. Another trivia question: How many members make up the Foreign Mission Committee? In what location? Answer later in this column.   Minister activities The Council of Hudsonville PRC formed a new trio from which to call their next pastor: Revs. E. Guichelaar, J. Marcus, and J. Smidstra. On January 24 Rev. Smidstra received this call. The Consistory of Kalamazoo PRC formed a new trio from which to call a pastor: Revs....

Faith Protestant Reformed Church was organized on February 22, 1973. For several years before this date there had been talk of the rising need for a new church in the Grandville- Jenison area. Hope PRC was crowded, Hudsonville PRC was crowded and using its basement for worship services, and more and more families were moving to the area. Three men, Dale Mensch, William Huber, and Irvan Velthouse, approached the consistories of Hope and Hudsonville requesting permission to canvas the members of their congregations to evaluate the amount of interest in organizing a new church. When Classis East met on January...