Topics related to faith, religion, and spirituality in the community of Byron Center, Michigan are the focus of this guide.
For the most part, this will consist of websites representing Christian churches in Byron Center, although all places of worship and the ministries within the village are appropriate here, regardless of the religion, denomination, or sect.
A recent poll found Byron Center residents to be considerably more religious than those in the larger state. While smaller numbers of respondents indicated an affiliation with Islam or Judaism, the vast majority were Christians. Of these, the largest denomination was the Catholics, at nearly twenty percent. They were followed by various Protestant denominations and non-denominations, including Presbyterians, Methodists, Lutherans, Baptists, Pentecostals, Mormons, and Episcopalians, with nearly thirteen percent indicating an affiliation with one of several small denominations and unaffiliated Protestant churches.
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Affiliated with the United Brethren in Christ denomination, the Byron Center, Michigan congregation holds to an elder directed - senior pastor led - team leader drive model of Church governance, which means that the Church elders, which includes the senior pastor, lead, guide, and direct Church decisions. Its location, a calendar of events, church leadership, and a statement of beliefs are posted to the site, its age-based ministries are highlighted, and contacts are given.
https://bannerchurch.org/
The BCBC is an independent church and a member of the Independent Fundamental Churches of America (IFCA), located on Byron Center Avenue, south of 64th Street, in Byron Center, Michigan. Its location, worship service schedules, a statement of beliefs, and an overview of the denomination, are given. Its staff is introduced, and a telephone number and contact form are available, along with a calendar of events, sermon podcasts, and a video archive.
http://www.byronbible.org/
Byron Center Protestant Reformed Church
The congregation has its roots in a meeting that was held in 1981 to determine the interest in starting a Protestant Reformed church in Byron Center, Michigan. A church was formed in 1983, and the church moved into their own building in 1988. The history of the local church and denomination is told, along with a profile of both. Directions and a map show the location of the church, and its Sunday worship service schedule is posted, and an audio sermon archive is available.
https://www.byronprc.net/
Byron Center United Methodist Church
Beginning as a Bible study prior to 1860, the group grew into a church served by a Methodist circuit rider after the end of the Civil War, and property was purchased for the construction of a church in 1872, which was dedicated as the Byron Center Methodist Episcopal Church in 1874, becoming the Byron Center Methodist Church after a 1939 merger within the Methodist Episcopal denomination, taking its current name after another denominational merger.
https://byroncenterumc.com/
Located behind Walgreens, on Byron Center Avenue in Byron Center, Michigan, the congregation meets on Sunday morning for worship services, and at other times according to its calendar of events, which is included here. Its mission and programs are highlighted, and daily Bible readings and a verse of the month are featured, and an archive of sermon audio and video are available, sorted chronologically, or by series. A mission scholarship application is posted online.
https://www.path2jesusway.org/
Saint Sebastian Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic parish was formed in 1852, meeting in a log church southwest of Grand Rapids until 1890 when it united with Saint Mary’s Church, which was then in North Dorr. In 1896, the North Dorr church burned, and the parish came to be based in Byron Center, Michigan. A church bulletin, mass times, office hours, telephone number, email address, and a calendar of events are published on the site, along with parish news, a staff directory, homilies, and other resources.
https://stsebastianmi.org/
