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Active (A-K)

Arend Haveman
Rev. Arend Haveman Ordained: October 2024 Pastorates: Loveland (CO) PRC, October 2024
Barnhill, Ryan
Rev. Ryan Barnhill (Wife: Miranda) Ordained: October, 2015 Pastorates: Peace PRC, Lansing, IL - Oct., 2015; Heritage PRC (Sioux Falls, SD) - March, 2022
Bleyenberg, Heath
Rev. Heath Bleyenberg (Wife: Deb) Ordained: October 2008 Pastorates: Providence, Hudsonville, MI - 2008; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - August 2020
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; Pittsburgh PRC - 2016.
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; Calvary PRC, Hull, IA - May 2018
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
De Boer, Matt
Rev. Matt De Boer (Wife - Kelsie) Ordained Sept.29, 2017 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN PRC - Sept. 2017
Decker, Nathan
Rev. Nathan Decker (Wife: Jessica) Ordained: September 2011 Pastorates: Trinity, Hudsonville, MI - September 2011; Grandville, Oct.2018
Dykstra, Russell J.
Prof. Russell Dykstra (Wife: Carol) Ordained: September 1986 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1986; Hope, Walker, MI - 1995; PR Seminary - 1996-2022; Byron Center PRC, June, 2021
Engelsma, Joshua
Rev. Joshua D. Engelsma (Wife: Courtney) Ordained: October, 2014 Pastorates: Doon, IA - October, 2014; Crete IL - August 2021
Eriks, Garrett J.
Rev. Garry Eriks (Wife: Jennifer) Ordained: September 1999 Pastorates: Loveland, CO - 1999; Hudsonville, MI - 2005-2020; Unity PRC, Aug. 2020
Griess, Cory
Rev.Cory Griess (Wife: Lael) Ordained: October 2009 Pastorates: Calvary, Hull, IA - 2009-Jan. 2018; First, Grand Rapids, MI - March 2018; PRC Seminary - Sept. 2021
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; Grace PRC (MI) - July, 2022
Holstege, Daniel J.
Rev. Dan Holstege (Wife: Leah) Ordained: 2010 Pastorates: First, Holland, MI - October, 2010; Missionary to the Philippines - July 1, 2016; Wingham PRC - Jan.9, 2022
Huizinga, Brian
Prof. Brian Huizinga (Wife: Michelle) Ordained: September 2011 Pastorates: Hope, Redlands, CA - Sept.2011 Appointed professor of theology in the PRC Seminary, Sept.2019
Joseph Holstege
Rev. Joe Holstege (Wife: Lisa) Ordained: Oct. 2017 Pastorates: Zion PRC, Oct. 2017; First PRC, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2023
Kleyn, Daniel
Rev. Daniel Kleyn (Wife: Sharon) Ordained: Sept. 1998 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN - 1998; First, Holland, MI - 2005; Missionary to the Philippines - 2009-2023; Doon PRC, Oct. 2023
Koerner Matthew
Rev. Matthew Koerner (Wife: Sharon) Ordained: November 2023 Pastorates: Hosanna PRC (Edmonton, AB); 2023-
Kuiper, Douglas
Rev. Douglas J. Kuiper (Wife:Teresa) Ordained: November 1995 Pastorates: Byron Center, MI - 1995; Randolph, WI - 2001; Edgerton, MN - 2012; Professor, PRC Seminary - Sept. 2017
Vernon R. Ibe
Rev.Vernon Ibe (Wife: Melody) Ordained: November 2, 2012 Pastorates: November 2012 - Ordained and installed as pastor of Berean PRC, Manila, the Philippines

Active (L-Z)

Langerak, William
Rev. William A. Langerak (Wife: Karen) Ordained: September 2003 Pastorates: Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI: 2003-2019; Trinity PRC, Hudsonville, MI - May 2019-
Laning, James
Rev. James Laning (Wife: Margaret) Ordained: September, 1997 Pastorates: Hope, Walker, MI - 1997; Hull, IA - July 2010; PRC home missionary, Feb. 2023
Lee, Dennis
Rev. Dennis Lee (Wife: Foong Ling) Ordained: April 2006 Pastorates: Edgerton, MN - 2006; Bethel, Roselle, IL - July 2010; Kalamazoo PRC - Nov.2021
Maatman, Jacob
Rev. J. Maatman (wife: Rachel) Ordained: Sept.2019 Pastorates: Southeast PRC, Grand Rapids, MI, 2019-
Mahtani, Jonathan
Rev. Jonathan Mahtani (Wife: Keri) Ordained: November 2011 Pastorates: Cornerstone, Dyer, IN - November 2011; Hope PRC - Grand Rapids, MI, June 2020
Marcus, John P.
Rev. John Marcus (Wife: Amy) Ordained: December 2005 Pastorates: First, Edmonton, Alberta - 2005-2020; Peace PRC (Dyer, IN) - 2022
McGeown, Martyn
Rev. Martyn McGeown (Larisa) Ordained: 2010 Pastorates: Missionary-pastor in Limerick, Ireland for the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church of Northern Ireland - 2010; Providence PRC (Hudsonville, MI), Sept. 2021
Noorman, David
Rev. David Noorman (Wife: Carisa) Ordained: March 2018 Pastorates: Southwest PRC (Wyoming, MI), 2018-2024; Georgetown PRC, Sept. 2024-
Smidstra, Justin
Rev. Justin Smidstra (Wife: Kelly) Ordained: October 2017 Pastorates: First PRC, Holland - Oct. 2017
Smit, Richard J.
Rev. Richard J. Smit (Wife: Tricia) Ordained: September 1996 Pastorates: Doon, IA - 1996; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - 2004; Missionary to the Philippines (Doon PRC) - 2009; First PRC, Grand Rapids - April, 2015-2017; Missionary to the Philippines, Nov.2017-2023; Randolph PRC (WI) - Dec. 2023
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; Home missionary (Byron Center PRC), 2017; Cornerstone PRC, Dyer IN, Jan.…
Spronk, Clayton
Rev. Clayton Spronk (Wife: Allison) Ordained: September 2007 Pastorates: Peace, Lansing, IL - 2007; Faith PRC - Nov., 2014
Stephan Regnerus
Rev. Stephan Regnerus Ordained: December 2017 Pastorates: Lynden (WA) PRC, 2017-2023; Hull, IA, March 2023 -
Stewart, Angus
Rev. Angust Stewart (Wife: Mary) Ordained - 2001 Pastorates: Covenant Protestant Reformed Church of Ballymena, Northern Ireland - 2001
Tan, Josiah
Pastor of Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church, Singapore Ordained: August 22, 2021
Wee, Marcus
Pastor in Covenant ERC-Singapore; Ordained October 2022

Emeritus

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; emeritus, Dec.31, 2016
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 Emeritus - January 2020
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
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; Emeritus October 15, 2017
Houck, Steven R.
Rev. Steven R. Houck Ordained: September 1979 Pastorates: Home Missionary (Hope PRC, Walker) - 1979; Peace, Lansing, IL - 1990 Emeritus: 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; Emeritus, August 2018
Miersma, Thomas
Rev. Thomas Miersma (Wife: Jan) Ordained: October 1982 Pastorates: First, Edmonton, AB - 1982; Western Home Misisonary - 1994; Immanuel, Lacombe, AB - 2009 Emeritus: September 1, 2017
Rodney Miersma
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; Emeritus, July 2014
STEVEN R KEY
Steven R. Key (Wife: Nancy) Ordained: September 1986 Pastorates: Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI - 1986; Randolph, WI - 1991; Hull, IA - 2000; Loveland, CO - March 2010; Emeritus, Jan. 2023

Deceased (Necrology)

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 Received up into glory, April 1, 2018
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
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…
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 Entered glory: April 2, 2024
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…
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 Died and entered glory: Dec.20,…
Kuiper, Dale H.
Rev. Dale H. Kuiper (Wife: Velerie nee Miersma) 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 Taken to glory: Sept.21,…
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…
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
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…
Woudenberg, Bernard J.
Rev. Bernard Woudenberg (Wife: Fran) Ordained: October 1956 Pastorates: Creston, Grand Rapids, MI - 1956; First, Edgerton, MN - 1960; Lynden, WA - 1965; Kalamazoo, MI - 1976 Emeritus: 1996 Died and entered glory: Nov.17, 2020