COLL/517 Guide to the Bartel N. Huizenga Collection Huizenga, Bartel N. Collection Finding Aid Authors: Ed Gerritsen, 2011.

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Guide to the Bartel N. Huizenga Collection 1947/1993 Heritage Hall, Hekman Library Overview of the Collection Bartel N. Huizenga Collection 1947-1993 COLL/517 Huizenga, Bartel N., 1922-1993 1.50 3 Boxes Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
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Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes correspondence, reports, minutes, letters of call, supporting materials, and biographical information that details service in Christian Reformed Home Missions.
Biographical Information:

Bartel (Bart) Nicholas Huizenga was born on October 31, 1922 in Highland, Indiana. Even at a young age, Huizenga knew he wanted to pursue a career in ministry. He enrolled at Calvin College and then the Theological Seminary. Once he earned his Th.B. in 1947, he became ordained at the Le Mars CRC in Iowa. He served the congregation until 1950. He went on to serve two other churches, Kenosha, WI (1950-54) and Bethany, Bellflower, CA (1954-1958).

From 1958 to 1965, Huizenga was a home missionary for Classis Rocky Mountain at Albuquerque, NM. He continued to serve as a home missionary in Visalia, CA (1965-70) and Olympia, WA (1970-74). During this time Huizenga attended Fuller Theological Seminary and earned a M.A. from the University of New Mexico in 1970. From 1974 through 1975, Huizenga served as Regional Home Missionary for the United States' Southwest. He went on to serve as a home missionary in Otay Mesa, CA (1975-81) and Porterville, CA (1981-1986). In 1980, Huizenga earned his M.Div. from Calvin Theological Seminary. Before retiring in 1990, Huizenga served one last congregation as pastor in Akron, OH.

Huizenga served the denomination as a delegate to the synod a number of times. He started churches in Bakersfield CA and El Paso, TX. He also served his communities in different service clubs, public school PTAs, juvenile project committees, and desegregation committees. On August 8, 1993, Huizenga passed away from a brain tumor and heart attack. His wife, Tena, and their six children survived him.

Arrangement of Materials:

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Detailed List of Contents id45114 Biographical information 1993 id45115 1 id45116 1 1 Biographical information 1993 id45117 Correspondence 1958-1974 id45118 1 id45119 1 2-16 Correspondence 1958-1974 id45120 1 17 Correspondence re: supervision of Lord's Supper overture by Bellevue, WA CRC 1971 id45121 1 18-19 Correspondence 1972-1973 id45122 Reports, minutes, correspondence, and supporting documents 1956-1989 id45123 2 id45124 2 1 Correspondence and supporting documents: Classis California Home Committee 1956-1958 id45125 2 2-6 Home missionary reports 1965-1974 id45126 2 7 Correspondence and supporting documents re: Home Missions Committee of Classis California South 1976-1980 id45127 2 8 Reports: Executive Committee for Home Missions, Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee, and Luctor CRC (Luctor, KS) 1958-1959 id45128 2 9 Reports: Executive Committee for Home Missions and Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee 1960-1963 id45129 2 10 Report: Executive Committee for Home Missions re: possible new church plants in California 1964 id45130 2 11 Materials re: request to investigate new church plant in Chula Vista, California 1957-1958 id45131 2 12 Minutes and correspondence: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee 1957-1960 id45132 2 13 Report and correspondence re: new church plant in Phoenix, Arizona 1962 id45133 2 14 Correspondence: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee 1961-1962 id45134 2 15 Report: Home Missions Committee of Classis Lake Erie 1989 id45135 2 16 Reports: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee 1963-1964 id45136 2 17 Minutes: Home Missions Committee of Classis Central California 1965-1967 id45137 Letters of Call 1947-1980 id45138 3 id45139 3 1 Material re: call from Sixteenth Street CRC (Holland, MI) for missionary in Nahaschitty, NM 1947 id45140 3 2 Material re: call from Emden CRC (Emden, MN) and Second CRC (Wellsburg, IA) 1949 id45141 3 3 Material re: call from Bauer CRC (Bauer, MI) 1949 id45142 3 4 Material re: call from Momence CRC (Momence, IL) and Alamosa CRC (Alamosa, CO) 1949 id45143 3 5 Material re: call from First CRC (Minneapolis, MN) 1950 id45144 3 6 Material re: call from Zillah CRC (Zillah, WA) 1950 id45145 3 7 Material re: call from Kanawha CRC (Kanawha, IA) and Volga CRC (Volga, SD) 1950 id45146 3 8 Material re: call from Dispatch CRC (Dispatch, KS) and Ogilvie CRC (Ogilvie, MN) 1950 id45147 3 9 Material re: call from Kenosha CRC (Kenosha, WI) 1950 id45148 3 10 Material re: call from Auburn Park CRC (Chicago, IL) and Eastern Avenue CRC (Grand Rapids, MI) 1953 id45149 3 11 Material re: call from First CRC (Bellwood, IL) 1953 id45150 3 12 Material re: call from Broadway Avenue CRC (Grand Rapids, MI) 1953 id45151 3 13 Material re: call from East Paris CRC (Grand Rapids, MI) 1953 id45152 3 14 Material re: call from Bethany CRC (Bellflower, CA) 1953 id45153 3 15 Material re: call from North Street CRC (Zeeland, MI) to serve in South Bend, IN 1957 id45154 3 16 Material re: call from Albuquerque CRC (Albuquerque, NM) 1958 id45155 3 17 Material re: call from Archer Avenue CRC (Chicago, IL) 1964 id45156 3 18 Material re: call from Arcadia CRC (Arcadia, CA) 1964 id45157 3 19 Material re: call from Lakewood CRC (Long Beach, CA) 1964 id45158 3 20 Material re: call from Inwood CRC (Inwood, IA) 1964 id45159 3 21 Material re: call from First CRC (Redlands, CA) 1968 id45160 3 22 Material re: call from Orangewood CRC (Phoenix, AR) 1968 id45161 3 23 Material re: call from Otay Mesa CRC (San Diego, CA) 1975 id45162 3 24 Material re: call from Chula Vista CRC (Chula Vista, CA) 1975 id45163 3 25 Material re: call from Trinity CRC (Vancouver, WA) 1979 id45164 3 26 Material re: call from Arcadia CRC (Arcadia, CA) 1980 id61494 General Material id61495 4 id61496 4 1 id61497 4 1 “Evangelizing our Jews Neighbors or Church Community Jewish Evangelism,” by Albert Huisjen 1952 id61498 4 1 “The Why and How of Church Community Jewish Evangelism, A Miscellany of Papers,” by Albert Huisjen May 1953 id61499 4 2 Material re: Catholicism id61500 4 3 Material re: Bible Conferences id61501 4 4 Material re: Young Calvinist 1952, 1956, 1957 id61502 4 5 Material re: Worldly Amusements id61503 4 6 Booklet: “CRC Directory of Indian Churches” January 1975 id61504 4 7 Material re: Summer Cycle Tours