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By Ed Gerritsen, 2011
Collection Overview
Abstract
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 Note
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.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Heritage Hall, Hekman Library
Alternate Extent Statement:
3 Boxes
Acquisition Source:
Jonathan L. Huizenga, 2011
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Biographical information, 1993],
[
Series 2: Correspondence, 1958-1974],
[Series 3: Reports, minutes, correspondence, and supporting documents, 1956-1989],
[
Series 4: Letters of Call, 1947-1980],
[
Series 5: General Material],
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All]
- Series 3: Reports, minutes, correspondence, and supporting documents --- 1956-1989
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Correspondence and supporting documents: Classis California Home Committee --- 1956-1958
- Folder 2-6: Home missionary reports --- 1965-1974
- Folder 7: Correspondence and supporting documents re: Home Missions Committee of Classis California South --- 1976-1980
- Folder 8: Reports: Executive Committee for Home Missions, Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee, and Luctor CRC (Luctor, KS) --- 1958-1959
- Folder 9: Reports: Executive Committee for Home Missions and Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee --- 1960-1963
- Folder 10: Report: Executive Committee for Home Missions re: possible new church plants in California --- 1964
- Folder 11: Materials re: request to investigate new church plant in Chula Vista, California --- 1957-1958
- Folder 12: Minutes and correspondence: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee --- 1957-1960
- Folder 13: Report and correspondence re: new church plant in Phoenix, Arizona --- 1962
- Folder 14: Correspondence: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee --- 1961-1962
- Folder 15: Report: Home Missions Committee of Classis Lake Erie --- 1989
- Folder 16: Reports: Classis Rocky Mountain Home Missions Committee --- 1963-1964
- Folder 17: Minutes: Home Missions Committee of Classis Central California --- 1965-1967
Browse by Series:
[
Series 1: Biographical information, 1993],
[
Series 2: Correspondence, 1958-1974],
[Series 3: Reports, minutes, correspondence, and supporting documents, 1956-1989],
[
Series 4: Letters of Call, 1947-1980],
[
Series 5: General Material],
[
All]
