November 19, 1830 six men were installed as the Consistory of of the First Reformed Dutch
Church of Farmerville. This was the official beginning of what we now call Interlaken
Reformed Church. The local origins of the church wander through the neighboring towns of
Ovid and Lodi starting in 1808 until finally coming to rest in our present day location on
Main Street of Interlaken.
Reverend Asa Bennet helped organize our church and served communion until our first Pastor was called in August of 1831. The following is the list of Pastors since 1831:
Oscar H. Gregory 1831
Benjamin Bassler 1838
William Brush 1866
Albert Zabriskie 1868
James Forsythe 1870
Philip Furbeck 1875
William Nashold 1882
Frederick Palmer 1887
Elias VanArsdale 1893
George C. Siebert 1916
Reller VanWagenen 1922
Johan Mulder 1938
Ralph Korteling 1942
Vernon Meerdink 1945
Anthony Dykstra 1948
Donald DeBraal 1959
Peter Anderson 1961
Johan Mulder 1965
Nicholas VanderWeide 1972
William Hoffman 2000
Michael Hooker 2002
Joseph Veltman 2004
Derek VandeSlunt 2005
Jason Fulkerson 2012-present
Reverend Asa Bennet helped organize our church and served communion until our first Pastor was called in August of 1831. The following is the list of Pastors since 1831:
Oscar H. Gregory 1831
Benjamin Bassler 1838
William Brush 1866
Albert Zabriskie 1868
James Forsythe 1870
Philip Furbeck 1875
William Nashold 1882
Frederick Palmer 1887
Elias VanArsdale 1893
George C. Siebert 1916
Reller VanWagenen 1922
Johan Mulder 1938
Ralph Korteling 1942
Vernon Meerdink 1945
Anthony Dykstra 1948
Donald DeBraal 1959
Peter Anderson 1961
Johan Mulder 1965
Nicholas VanderWeide 1972
William Hoffman 2000
Michael Hooker 2002
Joseph Veltman 2004
Derek VandeSlunt 2005
Jason Fulkerson 2012-present
Our History
Interlaken Reformed Church