Kent County MI Church Records

Ada

Ada Christian Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: Henry Dekker

Ada Cong – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Cornelius Zwartelle

Ada Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: N. Bruinix

Alpine

Holy Trinity – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Grand Rapids. Pastor: Charles F. Bolte

Alto

Alto Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Wm. E. Beckett & Geo. Wallick

As above – Apostolic Christian Church, As above. Pastor: Sam Wingier

Evangelical Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri. Pastor: A. P. Marutz

Bailey

Bailey Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: C. A. Watkins

Belmont

Assumption B.V. Mary – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pastor: Casimir Szyper

First Baptist of Belmont – Northern Baptist Convention, Kent-Muskegon Association. Pastor: Conklin

Plainfield Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: Herman S. Koning

Bowne Township

Bowne Center M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Wm. E. Beckett, Geo. Wallick

Byron

Cutlerville – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: L. Van Haitsma

Byron Center

Byron – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Theron Jenne

Byron Center Chr. Ref. Ch. – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Henry Geukema

Byron Center Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Edward Huibregtse

Corinth Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago

St. Sebastian – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: C. J. Walters

Caledonia

Caledonia 1st – Methodist Episcopal Church, Detroit Michigan. Pastor: Wm. Blanding

East Caledonia – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan

St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pastor: Edward H. Racette

St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and other States. Pastor: Arthur P. Marutz

Cannon

West Cannon – Northern Baptist Convention, Kent-Muskegon. Pastor: W. E. Orton

Cannon Township

Bostwick Lake Church – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Vesta A. Sturgis

Cannonsburg

Cannonsburg Congregational Church – Congregational Churches. Pastor: John Kinzee

Cascade

Bowne M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: William E. Beckett, Wallick

Cascade Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Lester C. Doerr

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pastor: E. H. Racette

Whitneyville M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: William E. Beckett, Wallick

Casnovia

Casnovia Baptist Church – Orthodox Baptist Church, Kent-Muskegon. Pastor: Jacob Huizenga

Cedar Springs

Unnamed congregation – Free Methodist Church of North America, Grand Rapids District, N. Muskegon Conf. Pastor: A. L. Howlett

Comstock Park

Comstock Park Cong'l – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association; Michigan Conference. Pastor: George E. Hughes

Courtland

Courtland – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: C. E. Maltman

Dutton

Unnamed congregation – Church of God in Christ Jesus (Adventist). Pastor: W. A. Woodward

Dutton Chr. Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: John Medendorp

Edgerton

Edgerton M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: C. H. Bacon

Gr. Rapids

Banner St. U.B. Church – Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution), Michigan Conference. Pastor: Don H. Carrick

Kelloggsville Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: Henry J. Triezenberg

Grand Rapids

Unnamed congregation – Plymouth Brethren V

12th Street Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, West Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: James M. Ghysels

All Souls Universalist – Universalist Church. Pastor: John M. Foglesong

Alpine Ave. Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Peter A. Hoekstra

Asbury Methodist Chapel – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids Dist. Pastor: S. D. Miles

Bethany Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Abraham Klerk

Bethel – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Garret Hofmeyer

Bethel Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: John C. Van Wyk

Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana, Ill. Conf. Pastor: Henry George Hanson

Beverly Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids & Particular Synod of Chicago. Pastor: S. J. Menning

Broadway Ave. Chr. Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Henry J. Kuiper

Burlingame – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Congregational Association. Pastor: Andrew S. Johnson

Burton Heights - Chr. Ref – Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids West Classis. Pastor: Henry J. Mulder

Burton Heights M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids Dist. Pastor: H. D. Henry

Burton Street – Northern Baptist Convention, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Grover A. Jackson

Calvary Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: M. R. DeHaan

Central Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ, United Christ Missionary Society. Pastor: Clarence A. Brady

Central Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Synod, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: J. A. Dykstra

Christian Evangelical Mission Church – Swedish Evangelical Mission Covenant, Synod Michigan Conf. Pastor: Thure A. Jacobson

Coldbrook – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Edward B. Pekelder A.B.

Creston Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Watson Groen

Dennis Avenue Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Wm. Kuipers

East Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: James W. Fifield Jr.

East Leonard Chr. Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: A. H. Spalink

Eastern Ave Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: Wm. P. Van Wyk

Eighth Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of Chicago, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: John A. Klaaren

Epworth – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids Dist. Pastor: C. E. Davis

Evangel Hall – Plymouth Brethren II

Fifth Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Abram DeYoung

First – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East

First A.M.E. Community Church – African Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, South Detroit District. Pastor: Edward Daniel Robinson

First Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist. Pastor: Louis W. Otter, First Reader

First Church of the Brethren – Church of the Brethren (Conservative Dunkers), Michigan. Pastor: S. B. Wenger

First Congregational – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Charles W. Merriam

First Evangelical Church – Evangelical Church, Michigan Conference. Pastor: Erwin Lantz

First Free Methodist Church of Grand Rapids – Free Methodist Church of North America, North Michigan, G. Rapids Dist. Pastor: L. T. Morrison

First Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: George H. McClung

First Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Grand Rapids Presbytery, Synod of Mich. Pastor: Earl A. Miller

Fountain Street Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Grand Rapids Assn - Michigan Baptist Convention. Pastor: Alfred Wesley Wishart D.D.

Fourth Reformed Church of Grand Rapids – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Cornelius Muller

Franklin St. Chr. Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Henry Bakker

Franklin Street Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ, No Ecclesiastical Organization. Pastor: Arthur W. Higby

Fuller Ave Chr. Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: E. Van Halsema

Garfield Park Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago

Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren I

Grace Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Synod of Chicago, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: C. H. Spaan

Grand Rapids #1 – Volunteers of America, Great Lakes Region. Pastor: Hubble

Grand Rapids #2 Corps – Salvation Army, W. Michigan and N. Indiana Division. Pastor: Lieut. Ruth Johnson

Grand Rapids Branch – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, So. Michigan & No. Indiana. Pastor: W. F. Ryder

Grand Rapids Church – Church of the Nazarene, Michigan District. Pastor: I. E. Miller

Grand Rapids Corps – Salvation Army, W. Michigan and N. Indiana Division. Pastor: R. G. Steel

Grand Rapids Lodge – American Theosophical Society, Michigan Theosophical Federation

Grand Rapids Mission – Liberal Catholic

Grandville Ave. Chr. Ref. Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Y. P. De Jong

Griggs St. Evangelical Church – Evangelical Church, Michigan Conference. Pastor: C. B. Westfall

Holy Cross – North American Old Roman Catholic Church, Diocese. Pastor: Paul P. Zalink

Holy Name – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Oswald T. McGinn

Hope English Evang. Lutheran – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Synod of Missouri English District. Pastor: E. L. Schwan

Immanuel Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of America: Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, Ev. Luth. Synod of Mo, O, & other States. Pastor: Edwin M. Gross

Immanuel Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of Chicago, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: Jacob G. Brouwer

Joy Memorial – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids Dist. Pastor: Loya Sutherland

Knapp Street Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Paul E. Trompen

Lagrave Ave. Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis of Grand Rapids, West. Pastor: Rienck B. Kuiper AB, AM, B.D.

Messiah – Negro Baptists, Chain Lake Association, National Baptist. Pastor: W. M. J. Northcross

Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: D. H. Kromminga

New Apostolic Church – New Apostolic Church. Pastor: Adrian Tromp

Ninth Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: G. M. Van Pernis

North Park – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Jas. C. Bockoven

Oakdale M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: E. L. J. Hughes

Oakdale Park – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East. Pastor: J. M. V. D. Kieft

Oakdale Park Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids in Particular Synod of Chicago. Pastor: J. A. Van Dyk

Our Lady of Sorrows – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Salvatore Cianci

Plainfield Ave – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: Geo. D. Yinger

Plainfield Ave Church of Christ – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: D. L. Finley

Plymouth Congregational – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: A. R. Gold

Sacred Heart – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids Diocese. Pastor: Joseph S. Kaminski

Saint Paul's – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids Dist. Pastor: Harry R. E. Quant

Scribner Ave. Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Kent-Muskegon Association. Pastor: George Woolcock

Second Church of Christ, Scientist – Church of Christ, Scientist

Second Congregational, Grand Rapids – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Assoc. of Cong'l. Churches. Pastor: Dudley L. Miller

Second Street – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: John R. Gregory

Seventh Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Synod of Chicago, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: G. Vander Linden

Sherman St. Christian Reformed – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids East

Smith Memorial – Congregational Churches, Michigan Conference. Pastor: Hubert McConnell

South Congregational – Congregational Churches, Michigan State Conference. Pastor: William Arthur Minty

South Lawn Park – Church of God in Christ Jesus (Adventist), Church of God in Christ Jesus. Pastor: James A. Patrick

Ss. Peter & Paul's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Pastor: Joseph A. Lipkus

St. Adalbert's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids Mich. Diocese. Pastor: C. Skory

St. Alphonsus – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Grand Rapids. Pastor: C. J. Harrison

St. Alphonsus' – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Grand Rapids. Pastor: C. J. Harrison

St. Andrew's Cathedral – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: D. E. Malone

St. Andrew's Cathedral – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: A. E. Malone

St. Anthony of Padua – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Edmund Kaiser, O.M.C.

St. Francis Xavier's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: John J. McAllister

St. Isidore – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Joseph Pietrasik

St. James' – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Edward A. Lefebvre

St. John Evangelical – Evangelical Synod of North America, Michigan District. Pastor: F. R. Schreiber

St. John the Golden Mouth – Russian Orthodox Church. Pastor: J. Tertichny

St. Joseph's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Victor Waller, O.M.C.

St. Luke A.M.E. Zion church – African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Michigan Conference. Pastor: M. J. Jones

St. Mary – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: John J. Riess

St. Nicholas – Syrian Orthodox Church, Syrian Orthodox Greek Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y. Pastor: Phillipous Abo Assaley

St. Stephen's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids-Mich-Diocese. Pastor: Thos J. Farquharson

St. Stephens – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids-Mich-Diocese. Pastor: Thos J. Farquharson

St. Thomas the Apostle – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Grand Rapids. Pastor: Robert W. Bogg

Swedish Baptist Church Grand Rapids – Northern Baptist Convention, Swedish Baptist Southern Mich. Pastor: Carl A. Anderson

The Church of God – Church of God (Headquarters, Anderson, Ind.). Pastor: A. G. Pontious

Third – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Synod of Grand Rapids, Mich.

Third Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of Chicago, Classis of Grand Rapids. Pastor: Nicholas Boer

Trinity Community Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: Robert Emet Brown, D.D.

Trinity English Evangelical Lutheran – United Lutheran Church in America, Michigan Synod. Pastor: Ralph J. White

Trinity Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: John Van Zomeren

True Light Baptist Church – Negro Baptists, National Baptist Convention. Pastor: M. P. Parish

Turner Ave. Wesleyan Methodist Church – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, Michigan Conference. Pastor: J. A. McPherson

Valley Ave Methodist Episcopal – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central German Conference, Michigan District. Pastor: Edward L. Meisenbach

Wallin Congregational Church – Congregational Churches

West Leonard street Christian Reformed – Christian Reformed Church, West Grand Rapids Classis

West Michigan, Grand Rapids Br. – Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Northern States. Pastor: Junius R. Tribe

Westminster Presbyterian Church – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Grand Rapids. Pastor: John Robertson McMahon, D.D.

Grandville

1st Reformed Church of Grandville – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago. Pastor: Gerrit Hekhuis

First Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Fred Pinch

Grandville – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Charles Creighton

Harvard

St. Margaret's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Pastor: M. A. Kalahar

Kent City

Kent City Methodist Episcopal, + Casnovia – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: J. B. McGINNESS

Mamrelund Lutheran Church – Evangelical Lutheran Augustana Synod of North America, Augustana, Illinois Conf.

Lowell

First Congregational Church – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Allan J. Blair

First Methodist – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: L. H. Nixon

Gospel Hall – Plymouth Brethren I

Lowell Mission – Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution), Michigan Conference. Pastor: James E. Munroe

South Lowell M. E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Wm. E. Beckett, Geo. Wallick

St. Johns – Methodist Episcopal Church, Central German, Michigan District. Pastor: John Claus

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Henry A. Simon

West Lowell M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Wm. E. Beckett, Geo. Wallick

McCords

Alto Branch – Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Southern Michigan & Northern Indiana. Pastor: Geo. LaLone

Oakfield

Oakfield – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: C. E. Maltman

Second church of Oakfield – Northern Baptist Convention, Grand River Association

Paris

East Paris – Christian Reformed Church, East Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Albert Van Dyken

Paris Township

Home Acres Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Particular Synod of Chicago, Classis Grand Rapids. Pastor: Bert Brower

Paris Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Kent-Muskegon. Pastor: Oscar Van Single

Parnell

St. Patrick's – Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Grand Rapids. Pastor: D. J. Behan

Rockford

Algoma Swedish Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Swedish Baptist Lower Mich. Pastor: Carl A. Anderson

Rockford Baptist – Northern Baptist Convention, Kent-Muskegon. Pastor: W. E. Orton

Rockford Congregational – Congregational Churches, Grand Rapids Association. Pastor: Stephen J. Paull

Rockford Methodist Episcopal Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Richard D. Wearne

Sand Lake

Sand Lake – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan

St. Mary's – Roman Catholic Church, Grand Rapids, Mich. Pastor: S. A. Van Gessel

Solon

Solon Church – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, No. Mich. Conf. Pastor: George Hamma

Sparta

Unnamed congregation – Church of the Nazarene, Michigan District. Pastor: Elmer LeBuck

Church of Christ of Alpine and Sparta – Disciples of Christ. Pastor: Roy E. Traver

First Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Michigan State Convention, Kent-Muskegon. Pastor: Joseph R. Stevens

Sparta – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, North Michigan Conference. Pastor: C. C. Brown

Sparta F.M. Church – Free Methodist Church of North America, North Michigan, G. Rapids Dist. Pastor: C. H. Bartlett

Sparta M.E. – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Stanley Thayer

Spencer

Spencer Mills – Northern Baptist Convention, Grand River Ass'n. Pastor: H. S. Ellis

Walker

Fairview Reformed Church – Reformed Church in America, Classis of Grand Rapids, Synod of Chicago

Hope Church of River Bend – Christian Reformed Church, West Grand Rapids Classis. Pastor: Henry Van De Kieft

Walker W. M. Church – Wesleyan Methodist Connection (or Church) of America, Michigan Conference. Pastor: J. A. McPherson

Walker Station

Walker Christian Reformed Church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: Jacob Wyngaarden

Wyoming

South Wyoming – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: Charles Creighton

Wyoming Park Christian Reformed church – Christian Reformed Church, Classis Grand Rapids West. Pastor: John P. Bettema

Town not stated

Unnamed congregation – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan

1st Oakfield Baptist Church – Northern Baptist Convention, Grand River Association

Caledonia Circuit – Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution), Michigan Conference. Pastor: Clem L. Snyder

Cedar Springs M.E. Church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan Conference, Grand Rapids District. Pastor: C. H. Bacon

East Nelson M. E. church – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: C. H. Bacon

Immanuel – Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Grand Rapids. Pastor: Ward N. Klopp

Vergennes – Methodist Episcopal Church, Michigan. Pastor: L. H. Nixon