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Collection Overview
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.
Subject/Index Terms
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Biographical information and correspondence, 1941-1991],
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Series 2: Papers, 1931-1942],
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Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence, 1935-1970],
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Series 4: Ministerial and parishioner materials, 1941-1972],
[All]
- 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
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Biographical information and correspondence, 1941-1991],
[
Series 2: Papers, 1931-1942],
[
Series 3: Call Letter and related correspondence, 1935-1970],
[
Series 4: Ministerial and parishioner materials, 1941-1972],
[All]
