Spiritual House Preserved: A Century in the River's Bend
A treasure of local church history, this is the story of a true church of Jesus Christ with very humble beginnings. The congregation of mostly poor farmers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, faced and survived many challenges, some due to her isolated location in a hook-like bend in the Grand River. But this one-hundredth anniversary book of Hope Protestant Reformed Church is more than a record of Hope’s history. More importantly, it reveals the secrets of her continuance as a faithful church today: secrets which if heeded give Hope and like-minded churches hope for tomorrow.
What others are saying about this book:
"Hope Protestant Reformed Church has set the standard for church memoirs with their book entitled A Spiritual House Preserved: A Century in the River’s Bend. This is a book well worth spending the time it takes to digest its seven hundred and fifty pages of material. Hope’s anniversary committee deserves summa cum laude for the vast amount of organization and labor put forth in the publication of this book." -Bruce Koole
Read reviews by Bruce Koole (Standard Bearer), Jay Kalsbeek, Ben Mowery, and Chua Lee Yang (Salt Shakers).
Hope Protestant Reformed Church is a congregation banded together with 31 other congregations in unity and official denominational federation. This denomination is the Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRCA). Learn more about Hope PRC on their website, https://hopeprchurch.org/.
- 752 pages
- hardcover
- ISBN 978-1-944555-06-1
- Edited by Calvin Kalsbeek
- Release date: 2016