A Spiritual House Preserved, A Century in the River's Bend

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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.

Read reviews by Bruce Koole (Standard Bearer), Jay Kalsbeek, Ben Mowery, and Chua Lee Yang (Salt Shakers).

• 752 pages
• hardcover
• ISBN 978-1-944555-06-1
• Edited by Calvin Kalsbeek
• Release date: 2016