Ministers Listing

Active (A-K)

Bleyenberg, Heath
Rev. Heath Bleyenberg (Wife: Deb) Ordained: October 2008 Pastorates: Providence, Hudsonville, MI - 2008
Bruinsma, Wilbur
Rev. Wilbur G. Bruinsma (Wife: Mary) Ordained: October 1978 Pastorates: Faith, Jenison, MI - 1978; Missionary to Jamaica - 1984; First, Holland, MI - 1989; Kalamazoo, MI - 1996; Eastern Home Missionary - 2006
Brummel, Allen
Rev. Allen J. Brummel (Wife: Crysta) Ordained: November 1995 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN - 1995; South Holland, IL - 1998; Missionary in Sioux Falls, SD - 2007; Heritage, Sioux Falls, SD - May 2010
Cammenga, Ronald L.
Rev. Ronald Cammenga (Wife; Rhonda) Ordained: September 1979 Pastorates: Hull, IA - 1979; Loveland, CO - 1984; Southwest, Grandville, MI - 1993; Faith, Jenison, MI - 2004; PR Seminary - 2005
Decker, Nathan
Rev. Nathan Decker (Wife: Jessica) Ordained: September 2011 Pastorates: Trinity, Hudsonville, MI - September 2011
den Hartog, Arie
Rev. Arie denHartog (Wife: Sherry) Ordained: October 1974 Pastorates: Wyckoff, NJ - 1974; Foreign Missionary, Singapore - 1979; Randolph, WI - 1987; Redlands, CA - 1990; Minister-on-Loan, Singapore - 2001; Southwest, Grandville, MI - 2005
DeVries. Michael
Rev. Michael J. De Vries (Wife: Dawn) Ordained: October 1978 Pastorates: Southwest, Grandville, MI - 1978; First, Edgerton, MN - 1985; First, Edmonton, AB - 1995; Wingham, ON - 2004; Kalamazoo, MI - August 2010
Dykstra, Russell J.
Prof. Russell Dykstra (Wife: Carol) Ordained: September 1986 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1986; Hope, Walker, MI - 1995; PR Seminary - 1996
Eriks, Garrett J.
Rev. Garry Eriks (Wife: Jennifer) Ordained: September 1999 Pastorates: Loveland, CO - 1999; Hudsonville, MI - 2005
Griess, Cory
Rev.Cory Griess (Wife: Lael) Ordained: October 2009 Pastorates: Calvary, Hull, IA - 2009
Gritters, Barrett L.
Prof. Barry Gritters (Wife: Lori) Ordained: May 1984 Pastorates: Byron Center, MI - 1984; Hudsonville, MI - 1994; Prot.Ref.Seminary - 2003
Guichelaar, Erik
Rev. Erik Guichelaar (Wife: Cherith). Ordained: October 2013. Pastorates: Randolph (WI) PRC - 2013
Haak, Carl
Rev. Carl Haak: (Wife: Mary) Ordained: September 1979 Pastorates: Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI - 1979; Lynden, WA - 1986; Bethel, Roselle, IL - 1994; Georgetown, Hudsonville, MI - 2004
Hanko, Ronald
Rev. Ronald Hanko (Wife: Nancy) Ordained: November 1979 Pastorates: Wyckoff, NJ - 1979; Trinity, Houston, TX - 1986; Missionary to N.Ireland - 1993; Lynden, WA - 2002
Holstege, Daniel J.
Rev. Dan Holstege (Wife: Leah) Ordained: 2010 Pastorates: First, Holland, MI - October, 2010
Huizinga, Brian
Brian Huizinga (Wife: Michelle) Ordained: September 2011 Pastorates: Hope, Redlands, CA - Sept.2011
Ibe, Vernon
Rev.Vernon Ibe (Wife: Melody) Ordained: November 2, 2012 Pastorates: November 2012 - Ordained and installed as pastor of Berean PRC, Manila, the Philippines
Key, Steven
Steven R. Key (Wife: Nancy) Ordained: September 1986 Pastorates: Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI - 1986; Randolph, WI - 1991; Hull, IA - 2000; Loveland, CO - March 2010
Kleyn, Daniel
Rev. Daniel Kleyn (Wife: Sharon) Ordained: Sept. 1998 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN - 1998; First, Holland, MI - 2005; Missionary to the Philippines - 2009
Kleyn, Rodney
Rev. Rodney Kleyn (Wife: Elizabeth) Ordained: Sept. 2002 Pastorates: Trinity, Hudsonville, MI - 2002; Covenant of Grace, Spokane, WA - 2009
Koole, Kenneth
Rev. K. Koole (Wife: Pat) Ordained: December 1977 Pastorates: Randolph, WI - 1977; Hope, Redlands, CA - 1982; Faith, Jenison, MI - 1989; Grandville, MI - 2002
Kuiper, Douglas
Rev. Douglas J. Kuiper (Wife:Teresa) Ordained: November 1995 Pastorates: Byron Center, MI - 1995; Randolph, WI - 2001; Edgerton, MN - 2012

Active (L-Z)

Langerak, Nathan
Rev. Nathan Langerak (Wife: Carrie) Ordained: December 2007 Pastorates: South Holland, IL (now Crete, IL) - 2007
Langerak, William
Rev. William A. Langerak (Wife: Karen) Ordained: September 2003 Pastorates: Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI - 2003
Laning, James
Rev. James Laning (Wife: Margaret) Ordained: September, 1997 Pastorates: Hope, Walker, MI - 1997; Hull, IA - July 2010
Lanning, Andrew
Rev. Andrew Lanning (Wife: Stephanie) Ordained: September 2006 Pastorates: Faith, Jenison, MI - 2006; Minister-on-Loan to CERC, Singapore through Grandville PRC - November, 2012
Lee, Dennis
Rev. Dennis Lee (Wife: Foong Ling) Ordained: April 2006 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN - 2006; Bethel, Roselle, IL - July 2010
Mahtani, Jonathan
Rev. Jonathan Mahtani (Wife: Keri) Ordained: November 2011 Pastorates: Cornerstone, Dyer, IN - November 2011
Marcus, John P.
Rev. John Marcus (Wife: Amy) Ordained: December 2005 Pastorates: First, Edmonton, Alberta - 2005
McGeown, Martyn
Rev. Martyn McGeown Ordained: 2010 Pastorates: Missionary-pastor in Limerick, Ireland for the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church of Northern Ireland - 2010.
Miersma, Thomas
Rev. Thomas Miersma (Wife: Jan) Ordained: October 1982 Pastorates: First, Edmonton, AB - 1982; Western Home Misisonary - 1994; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - 2009
Overway, David
Rev. David Overway (Wife: Rebecca) Ordained: September 2002 Pastorates: Covenant, Wyckoff, NJ - 2002; Doon, IA - 2005
Smit, Richard J.
Rev. Richard J. Smit (Wife: Tricia) Ordained: September 1996 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1996; Immuanuel, Lacombe, AB - 2004; Missionary to the Philippines (Doon PRC) - 2009
Spriensma, Audred T.
Rev. Audred Spriensma (Wife: Alva) Ordained: January 1981 Pastorates: Atwood, MI CRC - 1981; Bethany, S.Holland, IL CRC - 1984; Grandville, MI - 1992; Missionary to the Philippines - 2002; Kalamazoo, MI - 2007; Byron Center, MI - 2010
Spronk, Clayton
Rev. Clayton Spronk (Wife: Allison) Ordained: September 2007 Pastorates: Peace, Lansing, IL - 207
Stewart, Angus
Rev. Angust Stewart (Wife: Mary) Ordained - 2001 Pastorates: Covenant Protestant Reformed Church of Ballymena, Northern Ireland - 2001
Van Overloop, Ronald
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop (Wife: Sue) Ordained: October 1972 Pastorates: Hope, Walker, MI - 1972; Home Missionary (AL) - 1979; Bethel, Roselle, IL - 1989; Georgetown, Hudsonville, MI - 1994; Byron Center, MI - 2004; Grace, Standale, MI - 2008
VanderWal, Martin L.
Rev. Martin VanderWal (Wife: Tricia) Ordained: September 1997 Pastorates: Wyckoff, NJ - 1997; Hope, Redlands, CA - 2002; Wingham, ON - April 2011

Emeritus

Bekkering, Wayne
Rev. Wayne Bekkering (Wife: Phyllis) Ordained: October 1972 Pastorates: Randolph, WI - 1972; Trinity, Houston, TX - 1977; Faith, Jenison, MI - 1984; Pella, IA - 1989; Missionary to Ghana, W.Africa - 2001 Emeritus: 2005
Breen, Peter
Rev. Peter Breen (Wife: Pauline) Ordained: 1952 Pastorates: Corinth Reformed, Byron Center, MI - 1952; Fremont (MI) Reformed - 1957; Calvary Reformed, GRand Rapids, MI - 1967; 4th Reformed, Grand Rapids, MI - 1979; Orthodox Reformed, Grand Rapids, MI - 1984; Emeritus from RCA - 1984; Admission to the ministry…
Decker, Robert D.
Prof. Robert Decker (Wife: Marilyn) Ordained: October 1965 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1965; South Holland, IL - 1969; Professor at the Protestant Reformed Seminary - 1973 Emeritus: 2006
Engelsma, David J.
Prof.David J. Engelsma (Wife: Ruth) Ordained: September 1963 Pastorates: Loveland, CO - 1963; South Holland, IL - 1974; Professor in the Protestant Reformed Seminary - 1988; Emeritus - 2008
Hanko, Herman
Prof. Herman Hanko (Wife: Wilma) Ordained: October 1955 Pastorates: Hope, Walker, MI - 1955; Doon, IA - 1963; Professor to the Protestant Reformed Seminary - 1965 Emeritus: 2001
Houck, Steven R.
Rev. Steven R. Houck Ordained: September 1979 Pastorates: Home Missionary (Hope PRC, Walker) - 1979; Peace, Lansing, IL - 1990 Emeritus: 2009
Kortering, Jason L.
Rev Jason Kortering (Wife: Jeannette) Ordained: September 1960 Pastorates: Hull, IA - 1960; Hope, Walker, MI - 1966; Hull, IA - 1970; Hope, Redlands, CA - 1976; Loveland, CO - 1979; Grandville, MI - 1984; Minister-on-Loan (Hope PRC, Walker, MI), Singapore - 1992 Emeritus: 2002
Kuiper, Dale H.
Rev. Dale H. Kuiper (Wife: Velerie) Ordained: September 1967 Pastorates: Randolph, WI - 1967; Pella, IA - 1970; Home Missionary - 1974; Lynden, WA - 1976; Hope, Isabel, SD - 1985; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - 1987; Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI - 1992 Emeritus: 2003
Miersma, Rodney G.
Rev. Rodney G. Miersma (Wife: Sharon) Ordained: September 1971 Pastorates: Hope, Isabel, SD - 1971; Pella, IA - 1978; First, Holland, MI - 1981; Wellington, NZ - 1987; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - 1996; Foreign Missionary to Ghana, W.Africa - 2003; Loveland, CO - 2006 Emeritus: 2010
Slopsema, James D.
Rev. James Slopsema (Wife: Joan) Ordained: September 1974 Pastorates: First, Edgerton, MN - 1974; Randolph, WI - 1982; Hope, Walker, MI - 1986; First, Grand Rapids, MI - 1995
Van Baren, Gise J.
Rev. G. Van Baren (Wife: Clara) Ordained: October, 1956 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1956; Randolph, WI - 1962; First, Grand Rapids, MI - 1965; Hudsonville, MI - 1977; Loveland, CO - 1994 Emeritus: 1999
Woudenberg, Bernard J.
Rev. Bernard Woudenberg (Wife: Fran) Ordained: October 1956 Pastorates: Creston, Grand Rapids, MI - 1956; First, Edgerton, MN - 1960; Lynden, WA - 1965; Kkalamazoo, MI - 1976 Emeritus: 1996

Deceased (Necrology)

Hanko, Cornelius
Rev. Cornelius Hanko was born to Herman and Jennie (nee Burmania) Hanko on May 19, 1907 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He received his heartfelt desire when the Lord in His mercy took him to glory on Monday, March 14, in the year of our Lord 2005. Rev. Hanko was baptized…
Harbach, Robert
Rev. Robert C. Harbach (1914-1996) was born in Riverdale, MD on July 27, 1914. He graduated from the Protestant Reformed Seminary in 1955 and was ordained in October of that year. He served congregations in Lynden, Washington (1955-1963), Kalamazoo, Michigan (1963-1974), and as Home Missionary (1974-1979). He retired from the…
Heys, John A.
Rev. John A. Heys was born on March 16, 1910 in Grand Rapids, MI. He was ordained and installed into the ministry at Hope, Walker, MI in 1941. He later served at Hull, Iowa beginning in 1955. In 1959 he accepted the call to serve the South Holland, IL Protestant…
Hoeksema, Herman
Herman Hoeksema (1886-1965) was born in Groningen, the Netherlands on March 13, 1886 and passed away in Grand Rapids, MI on September 2, 1965. He attended the Theological School of the Christian Reformed Church and was ordained into the minitry in September of 1915. "H.H." is considered one of the…
Hoeksema, Homer C.
Homer C. Hoeksema was born in Grand Rapids, MI on January 30, 1923. He was the second son of Herman Hoeksema and born during the turmoil of the Common Grace controversy which led to the formation of the Protestant Reformed Churches. He graduated from Calvin College and then the Protestant…
Kuiper, Henry H.
Rev. Henry H. Kuiper was born in Corsica, SD on July 4, 1905 and graduated from the Protestant Reformed Seminary in 1934. He was ordained and installed into the ministry at Orange City, Iowa in September of 1934. He served in the Protestant Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa from…
Lanting, George
Rev. George Lanting was born on July 28, 1922 in Lansing, Illinois. Following high school, he served his country with the U.S. Navy during W.W.II in the South Pacific. He was ordained and installed in the ministry in October 1953 at Grand Haven, Michigan Protestant Reformed Church. In 1959…
Lubbers, George
Rev. George Lubbers (1909-2001) was born in Blendon Township, MI on August 6, 1909. He graduated from the Protestant Reformed Seminary in 1934 and was ordained in September of that year. He served in the following churches: Doon, Iowa (1934-1937) Pella, Iowa (1937-1943) Randolph, Wisconsin (1944-1950) Creston, Grand Rapids,…
Ophoff, George M.
Rev. George M. Ophoff (1891-1962) was botn in Grand Rapids, MI on January 25, 1891. He attened the Theological School of the Christian Reformed Church and was ordained into the ministry in the Christian Reformed Church in September of 1921. He served in the following churches: Hope Christian Reformed Church,…
Schipper, Marinus
Rev. Marinus Schipper was born in Holland, MI on February 8, 1906. He graduated from the Protestant Reformed Seminary and was ordained and installed into the ministry at the Grand Haven, MI Protestant Reformed Church in January, 1937. From there, he went to Second (now: Southwest) Protestant Reformed Church of…
Veldman, Herman
Rev. Herman Veldman (1908-1997) was born in Chicago, IL on April 22, 1908. He attended the Protestant Reformed Seminary, graduating in 1932. He was ordained into the ministry in September of that year. He served in the following Protestant Reformed Churches: Pella, Iowa - 1932-37Creston, Grand Rapids, Michigan - 1937-41Kalamazoo,…
Verhil, William
Rev. William Verhil was the first of the Protestant Reformed pastors to pass away to glory at the age of 51 years (1892-1943). He was born in Watergraafsmeer, the Netherlands on January, 1892. He attended the PRC Seminary and was ordained in September 1927. Rev. W. Verhil served the following…
Vos, Gerrit
Rev. Gerrit Vos was born in Sassenheim, the Netherlands on November 1, 1894. He died in Hudsonville, Michigan on July 23, 1968. Rev. G. Vos received instruction in the PR Seminary and was ordained into the ministry in September 1927. He served churches in Sioux Center, Iowa (1927-1929); Hudsonville, Michigan…