Reformed Church in America

For most of his life, the Rev. Dr. Norman Kansfield seemed to personify the Reformed Church in America.

“In an ideal setup, one would be pairing a sermon with, then, some kind of post-sermon conversation during an adult-ed hour,” said the former Reformed Church in America pastor, “so that one is recognizing the place of power they have when delivering a sermon and the community could be brought in.”

The other belonged to Mr. Moore’s grandfather, the first Black minister of the Reformed Church in America.

He later moved to New York, where he eventually became the first Black minister in the Reformed Church in America, Moore said.

Today, the Holland area is dominated by the Christian Reformed Church and its cousin, the Reformed Church in America.