In these pages you will find the annual presentation of candidates for ministry in the Christian Reformed Church. They represent, in a very concrete way, God’s answer to our prayers for “harvest workers” (see Matt. 9:36-38). They each have their own story and gifts for ministry, and they each will live into the pastoral calling of God on their lives.
We thus receive these men and women with great joy. This is a time of joy for them as well, as they have finished a significant and rigorous period of preparation. It is also a time of joy in the lives of the Calvin Theological Seminary staff and faculty, who have poured their lives into these candidates. Together they join the CRC’s Candidacy Committee and Synod 2009 in recommending these candidates to the churches.
Most of the people pictured here earned their master-of-divinity degrees from Calvin Seminary, the CRC’s official theological school. Some earned their degrees elsewhere and completed the CRC’s Ecclesiastical Program for Ministerial Candidacy, administered by the seminary. For more detailed information on these candidates, see www.crcna.org/pages/candidates09.cfm.
As the entire Christian Reformed Church, one small part of the body of Christ, we can look confidently to the future. We know that the Lord of the harvest will be there to provide. To use the other metaphor of Matthew 9:36-38, we know that the Good Shepherd will guide us. May we remain sensitive to him until his kingdom comes and his will is done on earth, as it is in heaven!
—Rev. David Koll
Director of Candidacy
Jonathan Averill
Language: English
Contact:
6 Hobbs Rd.
North Hampton, NH 03862
603-918-0411
javeril0@calvinseminary.edu
Sean Baker*
Language: English
Contact:
6379 Old Log Trail
Kalamazoo, MI 49009
231-878-4256
baker.sean@gmail.com
Joshua Benton
Language: English
Contact:
3513 193rd St.
Lansing, IL 60438
616-516-0265, 708-474-9526
jbenton8@sbcglobal.net
G. Ben Bowater IV
Language: English
Contact:
RedArrow Ministries
31133 E. Red Arrow Highway
Paw Paw, MI 49079
269-779-7338
benbowater@redarrow
ministries.org
Nathaniel Bradford*
Languages: English
and some Spanish
Contact:
300 Calkins SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-454-9483
nbradf34@calvin.edu
Steve Bussis
Language: English
Contact:
551 E. Riverside Dr., Apt. 126
Ontario, CA 91761
616-886-4039
pwstevo72@yahoo.com
Simon Cunningham
Language: English
Contact:
1211 South 15 Rd.
Harrietta, MI 49638
231-878-3392
simoncunningham@gmail.com
Anthony J. Curran
Language: English
Contact:
W313 S2596 Penny Lane
Wales, WI 53183
616-350-8414
tonyjcurran@gmail.com
Samantha DeJong
McCarron*
Language: English
Contact:
1721 Ridgemoor Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
708-203-0937
SamanthaDeJongMcCarron
@gmail.com
Joel DeMoor
Language: English
Contact:
3250 Jervis Crescent
Abbotsford, BC V2T 4R6
CANADA
604-870-9959
annajoeld@yahoo.com
Jeff Dephouse*
Language: English
Contact:
8800 Dorchester Rd. #2604
North Charleston, SC 29420
616-241-5274
dephouse@gmail.com
Jason De Vries*
Languages: English
and some Spanish
Contact:
3326 Pine Meadow Dr. SE, Apt. 201
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
503-781-7347
jdevrie0@calvinseminary.edu
Bryan Dick*
Language: English
Contact:
1120 Crosby St. NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49504
616-366-6219
dick.stephanie@gmail.com
Jonathan W. Flikkema
Language: English
Contact:
1647 Southampton SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49508
616-828-7100
JFlikkema@gmail.com
Chelsey Harmon*
Language: English
Contact:
527 Gemini
Tulare, CA 93274
559-786-2408
chelsey.harmon@gmail.com
Mark Hofman
Languages: English
and basic Spanish
Contact:
2421 Okemos SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-498-2631
meh4@calvinseminary.edu
Linda A. R. Johnson
Language: English
Contact:
1660 Montague Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49441
231-755-2885
linda.johnson153@verizon.net
Rebecca Jordan Heys
Language: English
Contact:
355 Apache Dr.
Fremont, MI 49412
609-924-7856
rebecca.jordanheys@gmail.com
James C. Kirk
Language: English
Contact:
706 Hill St.
Madison, WI 53705
608-770-4624
jmskrk@gmail.com
Allen Kleine Deters
Language: English
Contact:
c/o Richard Hoekstra
113 Jerrett Place
Dunnville, ON N1A 3E6
CANADA
616-802-8161
allen@ragamuffinvoice.com
website: www.ragamuffinvoice.com
Brad Knetsch
Languages: English and basic American Sign Language
Contact:
1414 Sigsbee St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-481-1291
b_knetsch@hotmail.com
James H. Kuiper
Languages: English
and basic Spanish
Contact:
c/o Lillian Kuiper
2111 Raybrook SE #2004
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616-975-9893
jkuiper2@calvinseminary.edu
Lucas Lockard*
Language: English
Contact:
145 10 Mile Rd.
Sparta, MI 49345
616-581-3371
llockar0@calvinseminary.edu
Nathan McCarron*
Language: English
and conversational Spanish
Contact:
1721 Ridgemoor Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-450-0239
NateMcCarron@gmail.com
Matthew McClure*
Language: English
Contact:
12 Chestnut St.
Douglas, MA 01516
616-570-5139
matt.c.mcclure@gmail.com
Nicholas W. Monsma
Language: English
Contact:
4452 38th St.
Hamilton, MI 49419
616-446-7792
nmonsma1@calvinseminary.edu
Bonny Mulder-Behnia
Language: English
Contact:
10603 Elgers St.
Bellflower, CA 90706
562-461-0725
bmulderbehnia@hotmail.com
Mark Neymeiyer*
Language: English
Contact:
8020 Sparta Ave.
Sparta, MI 49345
616-887-5031
neyfamily6@juno.com
Zachary Olson*
Language: English
Contact:
1933 Chateau Dr. SW
Wyoming, MI 49519
616-240-0464
z_i_o@yahoo.com
Albert Postma*
Language: English
Contact:
4 Shawnee Trail
Chatham, ON N7M 6J7
CANADA
519-360-1072
thepostmas@gmail.com
Philip Rushton
Language: English
Contact:
35584 Tweedsmuir Dr.
Abbotsford, BC V3G 2X8
CANADA
778-808-1169
philip_rushton@hotmail.com
David Salverda*
Language: English
Contact:
1269 Birkdale Crescent
Sarnia, ON N7S 5H2
CANADA
616-827-7400
dsalver8@calvinseminary.edu
Brian Seifert
Language: English
Contact:
862 Ottillia St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
616-475-6990
brian.seifert@sbcglobal.net
Jonathan Spronk
Language: English
Contact:
1593 16th St.
Edgerton, MN 56128
507-442-3800
jspronk4@calvinseminary.edu
Brittney Stelpstra
Salverda
Language: English
Contact:
1269 Birkdale Crescent
Sarnia, ON N7S 5H2
CANADA
519-337-3815
b.salverda@gmail.com
Matthew J. Stob
Language: English
Contact:
201 W. Fulton, Apt. 1217
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-403-2172
mattstob@yahoo.com
Brian Tebben*
Language: English
Contact:
1506 Cornell Dr. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-745-8472
btebben1@calvinseminary.edu
Michael J. Vander Laan
Language: English
Contact:
1206 Edna St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49507
616-246-5236
mikeandjana@att.net
Thomas VanderPloeg*
Language: English
Contact:
3305 Parchmount Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49004
269-382-6529
tom.vanderploeg@gmail.com
Kevin C. (K.C.)
Vande Streek*
Language: English
Contact:
7901 Lamplight Dr.
Jenison, MI 49428
616-706-7200
kvandes0@calvinseminary.edu
Dirk VanEyk
Language: English
Contact:
1392 Beechwood
Jenison, MI 49428
616-635-7005
dirkvaneyk@gmail.com
Paul Van Stralen
Language: English
Contact:
6635 5A Ave.
Edson, AB T7E 1Z3
780-712-3220
CANADA
pvanstralen@gmail.com
Joshua VanTil*
Language: English
Contact:
6298 Rapidfall Dr.
Belmont, MI 49306
616-447-0818
josh@rrcworship.com
Aaron Winkle
Language: English
Contact:
1243 Bates St. SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49506
616-452-9733
asw3@calvin.edu
Timothy Wood
Language: English
Contact:
W115 Oosty Ave.
Oconomowoc, WI 53066
608-312-4220
twood5@calvinseminary.edu
Anne Emile Zaki
Languages: Arabic and English
Contact:
1045 El Paso Rd.
Kelowna, BC V1X 2S6
CANADA
250-491-0017
aez2@calvin.edu
Hernan Zapata-Thomack
Languages: Spanish, French,
and English
Contact:
266 North 7th St.
Prospect Park, NJ 07508
973-942-8646
zapatathomack@aol.com
Andrew Zomerman
Languages: English and Dutch
Contact:
C/O Len Weverink
9131 Carter Rd.
RR#1 Aylmer, ON N5H 2R1
CANADA
616-475-8464
azomerman@hotmail.com
About the Author
David R. Koll is a retired Christian Reformed pastor. He lives in Huntington Beach, Calif., and is a member of the Anaheim CRC. He was the CRCNA director of candidacy from 2008 to 2021.
