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Charles Greenfield Collection, 1931-1991

Collection Overview

Title: Charles Greenfield Collection, 1931-1991

ID: COLL/093

Creator: Charles Greenfield (1908-1991)

Extent: 2.0 Boxes. More info below.

Arrangement: Folder level description

Abstract

Minister of the Christian Reformed Church. The collection includes ministerial and parishioner materials, i.e., funeral records, marriage licenses, published meditations, and sermon notes; call letters and related correspondence; papers; biographical information; and correspondence.

Biographical Note

Charles Greenfield was born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 11, 1908. He graduated from the Calvin Theological Seminary in 1935, after attending Modesto Junior College, Modesto, California; North Western Junior College, Orange City, Iowa; and Calvin College. Greenfield married Dena Punt and together they had six children.

He served Christian Reformed Churches in Terra Ceia, North Carolina; Ackley, Iowa; Leighton, Iowa; Oak Glen, Lansing, Illinois; Second Kalamazoo, Michigan; Lee Street, Wyoming, Michigan; Prairie Edge, Portage, Michigan.

Members of the classes recognized his abilities and he was appointed to serve on the Calvin College Board of Trustees representing three classes. He also was active on the boards of Christian schools, Bible conferences, consistorial societies, and evangelical unions. Greenfield was also appointed as departmental news editor for The Banner in 1961.

Greenfield revealed his love for the Lord in compassionate and diligent ministry. In his retirement years, he continued to serve in churches and at the Archives in Heritage Hall in the Hekman Library. Also as a retiree, he was able to serve on several assignments for the Board of Home Missions. At the age of 83, Greenfield passed away on November 2, 1991.

Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Biographical information and correspondence --- 1941-1991
Box 1
Folder 1: Biographical information --- 1986-1991
Folder 2: Correspondence --- 1941-1993
Series 2: Papers --- 1931-1942
Box 1
Folder 3: Paper, "The Disarmament Problem" --- [1931?]
Folder 4: Paper, "The Quest for the Historical Jesus" --- 1932
Folder 5: Paper, "Revelation Prerequisite for Our Knowledge of God" --- 1932
Folder 6: Paper, "Influence of Sin on Human Knowledge" --- 1932
Folder 7: Paper, "God, Creator and Lord of All" --- 1932
Folder 8: Paper, "God’s Self Revelation in Scripture: Inspiration --- 1932
Folder 9: Paper, "Revelation and Inspiration by Warfield" --- 1933
Folder 10: Paper, "Dispensationalism" --- 1934
Folder 11: Paper, "War in the Light of Christian Ethics" --- 1934
Folder 12: Paper, "The Education of Conscience" --- 1934
Folder 13: Paper, "Discussion in Church Polity" --- 1935
Folder 14: Paper, "Exegesis of Psalm 73:25-27" --- 1935
Folder 15: Paper, "Pastoral Theology of Paul" --- 1935
Folder 16: Paper, "The Preaching of the Reformation Age" --- 1935
Folder 17: Paper, "The Jews, the Oppressed People" --- undated
Folder 18: Paper, "The Distinctive Features of Reformed Preaching,"[by C.G?] --- undated
Folder 19: Paper, "The Significance of Creation for the Christian View of God and the World,"[by C.G?] --- undated
Folder 20: Seminary class notes re: "History of Missions" --- 1942
Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence --- 1935-1970
Box 1
Folder 21: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Terra Ceia, NC --- 1935-1936
Folder 22: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Ackley, IA --- 1940
Folder 23: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Ostfriesland Christian Reformed Church, Woden, IA --- 1943
Folder 24: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Newton, IA --- 1943
Folder 25: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Wright County Christian Reformed Church, Wright, IA --- 1943
Folder 26: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Leighton, IA --- 1944
Folder 27: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Tracy, IA --- 1944
Folder 28: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Oak Glen Christian Reformed Church, Lansing, IL --- 1948
Folder 29: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Corsica, SD --- 1951
Folder 30: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Wright Christian Reformed Church, Kanawha, IA --- 1951
Box 2
Folder 1: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Muskegon, MI --- 1951
Folder 2: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, MI --- 1952
Folder 3: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Cleveland East Side Christian Reformed Church, Cleveland, OH --- 1952
Folder 4: Call Letter and related correspondence re: East Saugatuck Christian Reformed Church, East Saugatuck, MI --- 1952
Folder 5: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Rock Valley, IA --- 1952
Folder 6: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Redlands, CA --- 1957
Folder 7: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Second Christian Reformed Church, Freemont, MI --- 1957
Folder 8: Call Letter and related correspondence re: First Christian Reformed Church, Vancouver, BC --- 1958
Folder 9: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Prosper Christian Reformed Church, Falmouth, MI --- 1958
Folder 10: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Fourth Christian Reformed Church, Paterson, NJ --- 1958
Folder 11: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Manhattan, MT --- 1958
Folder 12: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Mount Vernon, WA --- 1958
Folder 13: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Lee Street Christian Reformed Church, Grand Rapids, MI --- 1959
Folder 14: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Summer Street Christian Reformed Church, Passaic, NJ --- 1959
Folder 15: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Platte, SD --- 1964
Folder 16: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Christian Reformed Church, Kanawha, IA --- 1966
Folder 17: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Fourth Roseland Christian Reformed Church, Chicago, IL --- 1968
Folder 18: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Oskaloosa, IA --- 1968
Folder 19: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Calvin Christian Reformed Church, Pinellas Park, FL --- 1968
Folder 20: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Northern Heights Christian Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, MI --- 1969
Folder 21: Call Letter and related correspondence re: Prairie Edge Christian Reformed Church, Portage, MI --- 1969-1970
Series 4: Ministerial and parishioner materials --- 1941-1972
Box 2
Folder 22: Obituaries --- 1940s
Folder 23: Clergy funeral records --- 1956-1958
Folder 24: Remembrance cards --- 1960s
Folder 25: Marriage licenses --- 1941-1962
Folder 26: Meditations, [World Journal, Ackley, Iowa] --- 1940s
Folder 27: Installation services --- 1959, 1970
Folder 28: Heidelberg Catechism sermon notes --- 1935-1972
Folder 29: General texts, sermon notes --- 1938-1987