Joy In Pella

A Brief History The Protestant Reformed Church in Pella, Iowa, was organized in 1928 with seven families. Under the successive ministries of the Revs. Ver Meer, H. Veldman, Lubbers, Ver Meer, and Gritters, the congregation prospered until in 1952 it numbered twenty-eight families. However, here too, the conditional-theology controversy took its toll; only three families stood with us in the year 1955. From that time until 1967, as few as three individuals constituted the flock. A Brief...