Life Stream History
Life Stream Was founded in this year.
What is 1851?
Jeff and Lori started in this year.
What is 2007?
Life Stream’s ministry for the youngest children, from birth through age 3, is known by this short name.
What is B3?
He serves as the lead pastor at Life Stream Church, guiding the congregation and pastoral team.
Who is Chris Carroll?
This person supports our technical operations behind the scenes as our tech assistant.
Who is Ramzey Joslyn?
Schools are a common building Life Stream has been in. This was the school we were in before our current building.
What is Allendale High School?
Before Pastor Matt, this Executive Pastor went on to become lead pastor at another local church.
Who is Aaron Spratling?
This is the ministry Pastor Matt is most passionate about.
Daily Double! This former Life Stream pastor of the 1970s later went on to serve as Superintendent of the Great Lakes Region.
Who is Ron Kelly?
Our audio team mixes sound for services using this digital console.
What is D-Live C3500?
Before adopting the name Life Stream, this ministry’s original name reflected a connection to traditions shared by Methodists and Episcopalians.
What is Allendale Methodist Episcopal Society?
Starting this very week, this person has stepped into the role of Graphics Coordinator.
Who is Lauren Mol?
During 2008, this person was leading and shaping the high school youth ministry.
Who is Chris Cowling?
In 2001, this man was serving as pastor, guiding the congregation at the turn of the millennium.
Who is Ken DePeal?
To reach viewers beyond the building, our services are broadcast live on these digital platforms.
What are YouTube, Boxcast, and Website?
Long before it rang out on our property, this bell originated in a Rust Belt powerhouse whose legacy includes Motown, muscle cars, and a whole lot of grit.
What is Detroit?
An East Coast native who cheers for a Southern hockey team, this leader was guiding the middle school ministry through the early teenage years around 2016.
True Daily Double! A former intern at our church, this alumnus of Grace Christian University now covers hoops as a beat writer for the Detroit Pistons.
Who is Sean Murphy?
In 1918–1919, this early Life Stream-era minister launched evangelistic camp meetings in Allendale, drawing hundreds on Sunday evenings and laying the foundation for the church’s outreach tradition.
Who is Rev. Louis Clark?
When he was here, he was in school to be a counselor. He was the first Tech Director at Life Stream.
Who is Adam Shanty?
Daily Double! The founders of Ripple Effect, this person has a family connection to our current staff, making their legacy both personal and ongoing.
Who are Rich and Sandi Joslyn?
According to publicly available information about Life Stream Church’s team, this is the number of people serving on staff at Life Stream Church — a number you might estimate by reviewing the church’s “Meet the Team” roster on its website.
What is 22?
In 2020, this couple led the youth ministry; today, they are expecting a baby, run their own business, and she previously worked at the GLR.
Who are Allison and Chandler Stevens?
At the dawn of a decade marked by cultural upheaval and change, this leader was serving as pastor in 1960.
Who is Carl Coffey?
Remarkably young for such responsibility, this was Ramzey’s age when he first began serving.
What is 11?