Wealthy Park Baptist Church is an American church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, founded in 1886. Previously was the Sunday School mission of the Fountain Street Baptist Church which began in 1875.
The church was originally known as Baptist Church Kaya Street before moving to the suburbs. The congregation called Oliver Willis Van Osdel to be his pastor in 1909. Van Osdel had pastored the church many years before, but when the congregation refused to follow his lead and set up a new building, he went to Spokane, Washington. After returning to Wealthy Street, Van Osdel led the church through the construction of a new building in 1912. He also made Wealthy Street one of the capitalist fundamentalist movements. Van Osdel was one of the founders of the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches.
The church has been pastored for forty years by Reverend Dr. David Otis Fuller, a supporter of the King James Only movement.
It was the birthplace of Grand Rapids Baptist College, the predecessor of what is now called Cornerstone University, and served as its home from 1941 to 1964.
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References
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External links
- wealthypark.org, the church's official website
- Wealthy Park Baptist Church (Grand Rapids, Mich.) Records, 1892-1982 at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
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