Fifth reformed church

Woodland Drive-in Church was founded in 1970 by Reverend Ray Rewerts, Senior Pastor of Fifth Reformed Church. It was located at Woodland Drive-In Theater from 1970 to 1988. In 1988, the church moved to the Greenhouse, located at 2600 Burton Road, SE. Dr. Verlyn Verbrugge is the present Pastor. Learn more here.

Tapestry is the name of a network of organic churches that meet all over the state of Michigan. Fifth is the parent church for this unique church plant. 

Click the link above to view a list of missionaries that Fifth supports.

The Reformed Church in America is a denomination in the U.S. and Canada with 900+ churches and about 260,000 members. Its roots lie in the Protestant Reformation, drawing particularly on the teachings of John Calvin. The denomination has a long history of engagement in mission and is currently in a ten-year plan focusing on revitalizing existing congregations and starting new churches. The RCA is evangelical, embracing the authority of Scripture and the centrality of the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is ecumenical, seeking to work collaboratively with many other churches and Christian groups. And it is Reformed, seeking to live creatively according to Scripture in all of life. Its order and structure are similar to Presbyterian churches, governed by ministers, elders, and deacons in the local church and in larger assemblies.

Hope is a distinguished and distinctive four-year, liberal arts, undergraduate college, affiliated with the Reformed Church in America. Its great religious heritage is expressed through a dynamic Christian community of students and teachers vitally concerned with a relevant faith that changes lives and transforms society.

Western Theological Seminary is deeply committed to the task of preparing men and women called by God to preach, teach, counsel, care, pursue justice, and tell the good news of Jesus to everyone, everywhere.

This is no "cookie cutter" seminary. We welcome students from many denominations and ethnic backgrounds, honoring and benefiting from their rich traditions. Students with a wide range of vocational passions come here to have their hearts and minds quickened and deepened for fruitful ministry in the church and in the world

The mission of the Great Lakes Region is to partner with its classes and denominational staff to challenge and equip every RCA congregation in the region to turn outward and become healthy, growing, and reproducing congregations in order to make more disciples of Jesus Christ.

The Synod of the Great Lakes includes eight classes (districts) made up of about 187 congregations with over 75,000 total members. The region of responsibility of the Synod of the Great Lakes includes six and one-half states.

The South Grand Rapids Classis of the RCA is the organizational body that Fifth is a part of. The vision of the Classis is "To cultivate an environment of innovative ministry and leadership development that provides for healthy and reproducing churches to thrive in living out their God-ordained call and God-initiated mission, ministering with passion and in partnership together for God's glory."

City Church began in February 1997 and has grown to a congregation of around 1600 attendees, with around 1000 in weekly attendance. We partner with ministries throughout the city and the region ranging from homeless shelters and AIDS hospices and women's crisis centers. City Church is also active in new church development, globally, nationally, and locally. Within the Bay Area, City Church of San Francisco has begun new churches in Walnut Creek, San Rafael, Berkeley and Silicon Valley.

While City Church is still fairly new, it is not new in its beliefs and practice. City Church wholeheartedly embraces the historic Christian faith expressed in all the ecumenical creeds of the universal church (e.g., the Apostles and Nicene Creeds). It is also committed to the theological heritage of the Protestant Reformation as a member church of the Reformed Church in America, a denomination with roots back to the 1600's in America, and grounded in the historic reformation theology of the Belgic Confession, The Canons of Dordt, and the Heidelberg Catechism. The RCA's calling is be "the very presence of Jesus Christ in the world, a thousand churches in a million ways doing one thing-following Christ in mission, in a lost and broken world so loved by God."

Founded in 1976 in the legacy of C. S. Lewis, the Institute endeavors to develop disciples who will articulate, defend and live their faith in Christ in personal and public life.

Groundwork is a half-hour weekly audio program that digs deeply into scripture as a foundation for our lives. Each week, pastor Dave Bast cultivates our understanding of God’s Word by unpacking the richness of the Bible and applying it with insight for today’s world. 

For more than 60 years Words of HOPE has pursued a single, well-defined mission: To proclaim Jesus Christ through broadcasting in the languages of the world's peoples, seeking with our partners in ministry to build the church by winning the uncommitted to faith in Christ and by encouraging Christians in the life of discipleship..

nterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA is a vibrant campus ministry that establishes and advances witnessing communities of students and faculty. We minister to students and faculty through small group Bible studies, large gatherings on campus, leadership training, thoughtful discipleship and life-changing conferences and events.

Family Promise of Grand Rapids, founded in 1997 as the Greater Grand Rapids Interfaith Hospitality Network, partners with local congregations, individuals, families, foundations and corporations to provide emergency shelter and viable solutions for families with children who are facing a housing crisis.

The mission of Family Promise of Grand Rapids is to engage community and faith-based organizations in ENDING HOMELESSNESS ... one family at a time.

The mission of The Newbigin House of Studies is to provide theological, cultural, and spiritual formation for men and women interested in a wise and engaging missional impact in an increasingly secularized culture. Located in the most secular city in the United States - San Francisco - Newbigin features a faculty of scholar-pastors experienced in navigating the terrain of church planting in urban centers, church revitalization, social justice and mercy, lay theological training, pastoral care and counseling, and more. Our programs cater to the diverse range of needs within the church today.