Scroll to learn about the individuals, families and organizations that we are currently supporting financially. 


We encourage you to send them an encouraging email, read more about their mission efforts,
and to pray faithfully for them as they serve near and far in the name of Jesus!


You can contact the Caledonia CRC Missions Team by emailing missions@caledoniacrc.org

  • Michael & kim Hewitt

    Michael and Kim planted Rising Hope Church in Muncie, Indiana. The mission of the church is "Love God. Love People. Serve our Community & World."


    Email: khewitt@risinghopechurch.com

  • sara webb

    Sara lives in West Michigan with her family, and works with Capernaum Young Life. CAPYL is an outreach and discipleship ministry specific to middle school and high school friends with intellectual and developmental disabilities.


    Email: sarabethwebb78@gmail.com

  • Nick Int'Hout

    Nick and his family live in Redlands, CA. Nick is a Christian leadership coach and is in the process of launching The Hive Network, a regional resourcing hub for Kingdom oriented leaders in the Inland Empire.


    Email: nick.inthout@gmail.com


  • Matt & sarah smith

    Matt and Sarah, along with their 3 children, live in Antigua, Guatemala. They work with Commission Ministries Network at as Administrators of Encounter Academy, a Christian school for missionary families. 


    Email: mattsarahsmith@gmail.com

  • kerry guikema

    Kerry serves with Young Life International in London, England as the SE England Director and the Area Director for Surrey Berks. Young Life is devoted to introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. Kerry is a member of our congregation.  


    Email: kguikema@ylinternational.org

  • PRESLIE VANDERWAL

    Preslie is currently on staff at YWAM (Youth with a Mission) in Kona, Hawaii. YWAM trains and equips Christians from many cultures, age groups and Christian traditions to bring the Good News of the gospel to the nations. Preslie plans to move to the Middle East in the fall of 2024.


    Email: presvw@gmail.com


  • mark & rebecca essenburg

    Mark and Rebecca are urban missionaries working through Gold Ave. CRC in Grand Rapids, MI. They are currently serving as Directors of Youth and Outreach Ministries.


    Email: mark.goldkids@gmail.com

  • ray & angie de lange

    Ray and Angie, along with their 4 children, recently moved to London, England where they serve with Pars Theological Centre to teach, mentor and train the school's more than 500 adult students of a Muslim background who are spread around the globe. Pars seeks to cultivate servant-leaders who will lead in the movement of the gospel within this particular Middle Eastern people group. Ray and Angie are sent by East-West Ministries, in partnership with Resonate Global Mission.


    Email: delange157@gmail.com

  • tom & donna cnossen

    Tom and Donna work through Northern Canada Evangelical Missions in Alberta Canada. They organize summer camps, Bible studies, and reach out and evangelize to the Maskwacis people.


    Email: tcnossen53@gmail.com

  • nancy tenbroek

    Nancy has been serving World Renew in Bangladesh for 30 years.. She works with many different organizations that help the poor improve their lives in the areas of health, literacy & income, but her primary focus is women’s ministries.


    Email: ntenbroek@worldrenew.net

  • chris & angie walker

    Chris and Angie, along with 3 children, are church planting missionaries with Ethnos 360 in Papua, New Guinea.


    Email: chris_walker@ntm.org

  • kyle and marcia post

    Kyle and Marcia Post are campus missionaries with Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ). They are currently on assignment at Lee University in Chattanooga, Tennessee.


    Email: Kyle.Post@cru.org / Marcia.Post@cru.org

  • dr. john & rosa vanderkolk

    John and Rosa live here in Grand Rapids and coordinate periodic trips to the Middle East with groups of volunteer doctors and dentists. They partner with Touch of Hope International to provide dental care for Syrian refugees in Lebanon.  When on site, these medical professionals meet with approximately 1,000 patients in a week’s time, and often have the chance to share the gospel with Muslim refugees and direct them to local Christian churches. 


    Email: rjvkolk@gmail.com

  • short term missions

    As a member of Caledonia CRC, you are encouraged to serve Jesus somewhere (local or global) on a short term service project! Please contact Pastor Merle if you would like to request financial assistance for a short term missions endeavor.

  • celebration fellowship CRC

    Celebration Fellowship Christian Reformed Church is multi-site prison church comprised of believers living both inside and out of Bellamy Creek and Handlon Correctional Facilities in Ionia, Michigan.


    Email Bob Arbogast: arbogast.bob@gmail.com

  • THINK EIGHT:SEVEN

    Think Eight:Seven trains and equips pastors and leaders around the world in how to unlock the power of generosity within their communities and congregations, based in the teachings of the apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 8:7. 


    Email Jerry Schutte: jerry@87intl.org

  • CAMPUS MINISTRY @ Grand Valley State University

    Campus Ministry is a community of Christ followers committed to engaging students with the life changing love of God, discipling leaders who make disciples, and being a bridge to Jesus Christ and His Church.


    Cody Zuiderveen (Campus Minister): zuidecod@mail.gvsu.edu


    https://www.campusministrygv.com

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and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."


ACTS 1:8