The Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation announced Wednesday that it will sunset its work after supporting 1,044 nonprofit organizations in its 54 years of activity.
Known as the “The Church In The Heart Of The City, With The City In Its Heart,” many local leaders and community advocates regarded Bethel as their church home. In July of 1995, the City of Grand Rapids honored him by naming the cross street Bethel was located on, Abney Avenue SE. This avenue remains located between Lake Drive and Cherry Street.