History of Hope Church, G.R. / News From Our Churches

History of Hope Church, G.R. Seventy-eight years ago the area west of Grand Rapids, Michigan was a farming community quite isolated by the Grand River bending its way from south to north. Reformed people living there had to travel some miles north or take a ferry west across the river to satisfy their desire and need for spiritual nourishment on the Lord's Day. These conditions prompted the church fathers of the Hope P.R.C. in Walker, Michigan to meet on Sunday, January 25, 1916 at the home of...